Cancer charities alarmed at possibility of NHS chemotherapy delays

Concerns at risk to cancer care after memo from Churchill hospital in Oxford reveals 40% shortfall in specialist nurses

Cancer sufferers could die earlier if hospitals reduce patients’ access to chemotherapy because they have too few nurses to administer it, cancer charities fear.

Their warning came after a leaked memo revealed that a leading NHS cancer centre may have to make patients wait longer to start chemotherapy or cut the amount of drugs they receive because it has huge staffing problems.

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Continue reading... January 11, 2018 at 01:15AM