Hi Dave

I would conclude that from the many thousands of posts Ive read on this forum that every single person here has experienced such delays. Delays which seriously affect the outcome of any treatments given. The UK lags behind other advanced countries in overall cancer survival and post treatment quality of life rates, in part because there are not enough doctors, nurses, radiographers lab technicians etc to deal with the huge workload. My conscientious oncology doctor is at burnout keeping her patients looked after. I guess it comes down to how much money we as a country are prepared to invest our healthcare system and training. There is some good news on early diagnosis in BBC article today.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c205g21n1zzo 

Ed

Hi Dave

I would conclude that from the many thousands of posts Ive read on this forum that every single person here has experienced such delays. Delays which seriously affect the outcome of any treatments given. The UK lags behind other advanced countries in overall cancer survival and post treatment quality of life rates, in part because there are not enough doctors, nurses, radiographers lab technicians etc to deal with the huge workload. My conscientious oncology doctor is at burnout keeping her patients looked after. I guess it comes down to how much money we as a country are prepared to invest our healthcare system and training. There is some good news on early diagnosis in BBC article today.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c205g21n1zzo 

Ed