Hospitals across UK cancelling 'urgent' cancer operations as NHS winter crisis worsens Hospitals across the UK are cancelling "urgent" cancer operations as the NHS winter crisis worsens.
Some patients have reportedly been told with just a day's notice that their surgery has been postponed, with a leading surgeon saying it was "extremely worrying" that hospitals had resorted to the decisions.
Cancer operations have previously held a protected status but the demand for beds and lack of social care capacity has encroached on that. The Independent
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Some patients have reportedly been told with just a day's notice that their surgery has been postponed, with a leading surgeon saying it was "extremely worrying" that hospitals had resorted to the decisions.
Cancer operations have previously held a protected status but the demand for beds and lack of social care capacity has encroached on that. The Independent
See also:
- Doctors warn over cancer op cancellations amid NHS "pressure" BBC News
- Cancer operations now being cancelled amid NHS crisis, surgeons' leader warns The Daily Telegraph
- 193,000 NHS patients a month waiting beyond target time for surgery The Guardian
- NHS in crisis as cancer operations cancelled due to lack of beds The Guardian
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