Windrush scandal: Albert Thompson gets cancer treatment date

Londoner, 63, was denied NHS care and made homeless over immigration status

Albert Thompson, the Windrush victim who was denied NHS cancer care, has finally been given a date for the radiotherapy treatment he was due to begin last November, before hospital staff questioned his immigration status.

Thompson, 63, said he was “very excited” to hear that a 33-day radiotherapy programme was scheduled to start on 1 May, but was surprised by the sudden rush to resolve the situation after six months of extreme anxiety.

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Continue reading... April 24, 2018 at 11:20PM