Cancer sufferers look forward to over a 12 months for life-saving remedy from NHS

Cancer sufferers are being left ready greater than a 12 months to begin life-saving remedy. Last 12 months, six NHS trusts in England recorded folks ready longer than 12 months. One affected person at Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust waited a 12 months and 4 months, or 503 days.

And others, at Bristol and Weston and Sandwell and West Birmingham, have been saved in limbo for 455 days. The Government goal of treating 85% of most cancers sufferers inside 62 days has been persistently missed since 2015. In 2023, 100,000 folks weren’t seen on time, and simply 64% began their remedy inside two months.

Out of 33 comparable nations, the UK is twenty eighth on the listing for five-year survival charges for abdomen and lung most cancers, the Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce stated.

Lib Dem chief Sir Ed Davey has pledged to deal with NHS delays by investing in additional employees and diagnostic tools and giving sufferers the authorized proper to begin most cancers care inside 62 days.

Mr Davey stated: “We need to act on two fronts – reducing long delays while increasing funding for research to tackle this awful disease.” A spokesman for the Department of Health stated: “Cutting waiting lists is one of the Government’s top five priorities.”