Hi crisps and wine

Surely this can't be right???? They can't tell you that you need a biopsy and then say you won't be seen until 2021 sometime. I no that if you need a referral you can request which hospital you get referred to. So it could be an option to call around hospitals near you, see what there time frames are and if you find one that is operating as normal go back to your gp and ask them to refer you to that hospital. Did they put you under the 2 week pathway originally? I've been put under the 2week pathway for the breast clinic and my appointment is on the 2nd December  I've been told all tests and scans etc and a biopsy if needed will be done on that day.

I'm in Bradford and when I asked my gp she told me cancer services are now operating as normal x

Hi, thanks for your reply.
 

I am in Scotland so I think it's a different system, no talk of pathways etc. I had a smear, then doctor appointment for bleeding, was referred to hospital, phone appt which then got me referred for ultrasound (which I'm still waiting on 7 months later), then lump appeared so back to gp who referred me to hospital then hospital told me today about the wait for biopsy. The hospital that im on the waiting list for is 1.5hrs away, the next one would be 3hrs away but up here I'm not sure I can choose. Will look into it though! 

I just did a quick Google and it says the 2 week pathway doesn't exist in Scotland but from April 2010 if you need to see a specialist urgently you have a legal right to be seen within 2 weeks this is what it says on the NHS website. I'd go back to your gp and really put pressure on them, they cannot tell you that you need a biopsy but you'll have to wait till 2021 sometime, everywhere they keep saying cancer services are now back to normal and running as they should be. If this is suspected as cancer then surely time is of the essence and things need to be done quickly x

Thanks that's really helpful actually! I will give my gp a call, at the hospital today it was just brushed off as 'with covid we just.dont know when there is a huge waiting list' so it maybe will just take some more pushing from me! Thank you