I have had a speedy referral to a specialist consultant because of possible, if not probable cancer. The matter is urgent and three weeks ago an urgent referral was made for me to have a biopsy that would help settle the matter or whether I have cancer and I guess later, if I do, whether it has spread. I had an MRI scan within days of seeing the consultant. However there has now been a three-week silence around the urgent request for a biopsy. My understanding is that time is of the essence in a case such as mine.

Any idea how long is the norm for a biopsy to take place? Or what I can do if the doctors who referred me are unable to budge this hospital that seems to be unhurried by the words ‘urgent’ and ‘lesion’?