Home / HealthHealthRNZHealthRNZ·Jun 9, 2026·1 min readOrthopaedic patients waiting nearly three weeks for surgery due to ACC approval delaysACC says some recent periods of higher demand led to a decline in timeliness of decision-making, but that this is improving.View original source — RNZ ↗ShareCopy linkShare on XShare on FacebookRelated storiesHealthABC NewsHealthJun 8, 2026 · 1 min'Everything's on hold': Patients caught in surgery backlogABC NewsHealthThe GuardianHealthJun 7, 2026 · 1 minRecord number of people waiting for NHS diagnostic tests in EnglandThe GuardianScienceIndian ExpressScienceJun 10, 2026 · 1 min‘Misleading claims’: Starlink denies approval delay, says discussions with Centre ‘encouraging’Indian ExpressWorldRNZWorldJun 17, 2026 · 1 minIndian students face growing visa delays as processing times climbRNZ
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