The on-going crisis of funding and staff shortages currently being experienced in the NHS is starting to impact on some of its most urgent and serious cases.
At the weekend, The Observer newspaper revealed evidence that cancellations of cancer operations had started in December and were continuing into January as hospitals were struggling to find beds for patients. This type of surgery is traditionally protected against cancellation due to the serious nature of the illness and the need for prompt surgery to prevent the worsening of the patient’s condition. For cancer patients now to have become the latest victims of the current crisis in the NHS is a worrying sign of the pressure the service is under and the failings of its management and administration.
Commenting on the distress that this is likely to cause patients and their families, Clare Marx, president of the Royal College of Surgeons noted that “It is increasingly clear that no part of the system and no patient is immune from the pressure the NHS is currently experiencing.”
The shadow health minister, Jonathan Ashworth is said to have commented, “It is shocking and brings into sharp focus the reality of how the NHS crisis is now impacting on patient care. I cannot image the intolerable strain cancelling these operations must place on cancer sufferers.”
These revelations come on top of reports over the last two weeks of patients being left on trolleys in hospital corridors due to lack of beds and the issuing of alerts by a number of health authorities across England, warning of an imminent winter care crisis due to rising demand and shortage of staff.
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