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"Patients know when local services aren't up to scratch," he said, "and they want to see an end to the postcode lottery - that's what this government is doing."

"This leads to a postcode lottery, where even high-need areas fail to address issues like constipation adequately."

She said: "It shouldn't be a postcode lottery to be fully engaged in your education."

The system was criticised for creating a postcode lottery network as, depending on a patient's address, some were being seen more quickly than others.

It said the data reveals a "postcode lottery of support".