Friday, 11 January 2019

Waiting times for NHS cancer treatment are at worst ever level

Waiting times for NHS cancer treatment are at worst ever level Record 20,000 patients a month are suffering delays in seeing a consultant or starting therapies

Record numbers of patients are not getting vital cancer care on time because NHS England performance against waiting time targets has fallen to its lowest ever level, according to official figures.

Hospitals are increasingly having to force patients to wait for care because they cannot keep up with the growing numbers being referred by GPs who fear they have the disease. The Guardian

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