The NHS has a goal for each hospital to deal with 85% of most cancers victims inside two months of an pressing referral from their GP, however a Newsnight evaluation of most cancers ready time knowledge reveals that fewer than 1 in 10 hospital trusts in England are hitting that focus on. That’s down from one in two in 2015.
Our chief correspondent David Grossman hears from a most cancers affected person who felt he was misplaced within the system as he waited 10 months for surgical procedure following a a blood take a look at that exposed he may have prostate most cancers.
We additionally spoke on situation of anonymity to a scientific marketing consultant oncologist who advised us the concentrate on most cancers ready time targets was really inflicting extra hurt than good, and distracting hospital trusts from fixing a “paralysed system”.
In the meantime a flash survey by Radiotherapy UK of 619 radiotherapy professionals – 10% of the radiotherapy workforce – suggests nearly three quarters don’t really feel that senior NHS managers perceive the affect on them of the present state of affairs, and eight out of 10 felt that has prompted them or their colleagues to contemplate leaving.
In an unique interview, Scientific Director of Most cancers for NHS England Professor Peter Johnson insisted now was not the time to surrender on clearing the file most cancers backlog – regardless of the goal for doing so having slipped thrice on his watch.
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