By Sophie Borland PUBLISHED: 20:09 EST, 20 February 2014 | UPDATED: 20:19 EST, 20 February 2014 Email alert: Sir Bruce Keogh urged officials three months ago to launch a series of investigations Health bosses have been accused of trying to cover up high death rates and alarming waiting times in the NHS in Wales. The medical director in England Professor Sir Bruce Keogh urged officials three months ago to launch a series of investigations into six hospitals after being alerted to the figures by a Welsh Labour MP. He also pointed out that waiting times in Wales were ‘persistently higher’ than in England, with up to 80 per cent of patients waiting more than six weeks for key diagnostic tests for diseases such as cancer.
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Professor Sir Bruce Keogh urged officials to launch investigations
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He said waiting times in Wales were ‘persistently higher’ than in England
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However bosses didn’t reply to his email or launch any investigation
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Revelation comes amid growing concern over the state of the NHS in Wales
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