Are hospitals held to account when FDS standards go completely out the window?
My husband, 68, of caribean heritage and a diabetic, is being checked for prostate cancer. This has only come to light through a blood test carried out when vascular dementia was diagnoised.
He has never been called for a prostate check up...
A 2WW referal was made on the 20th August, MRI on 17th September, DR apt 29th September, biopsy 30th September. The follow up appointment was chased today only to be told it will be within 4 weeks. Two weeks to get the results (was told 3-4 days originally), 1 week for the doctors to meet and discuss and a further week for the appointment to be made.
This will add up to at least 63 days.
I've tried to explain the need to have a diagnois or hopefully not and we have to work alongside the dementia but it's falling on deaf ears.
Any suggestions on how we can push for this would be appreciated.