Article 6NG01 Deadly cancer treatment delays now ‘routine’ in NHS, say damning reports

Deadly cancer treatment delays now ‘routine’ in NHS, say damning reports

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Andrew Gregory Health editor
from World news | The Guardian on (#6NG01)

Studies sound alarm at state of cancer care with hundreds of thousands waiting months to start essential treatment

Hundreds of thousands of people are being forced to wait months to start essential cancer treatment, with deadly delays now routine" and even children struck by the disease denied vital support, according to a series of damning reports.

Health chiefs, charities and doctors have sounded the alarm over the state of cancer care in the UK as three separate studies painted a shocking picture of long waits and NHS staff being severely hampered by a worsening workforce crisis and a chronic lack of equipment.

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