Over 2 million people waiting for cancer screening, tests and treatments

Can’t the Military Hospitals and Doctors help out in our NHS Hospitals or open their Hospitals to us the general public?

Please help me I need to stop this crying inhale been so brave thanks alot helen Williams xxx

I have polycythaemic blood cancer I am feeling so emotional I have had this 4 months please could you email notes to read please I have got some I need more I am so emotional & I feel ill thank you helen xxx

I have polycythaemic blood cancer I am going to loose it can,t stop crying please can you send me more to read about this please thank you helen Williams xx

My mum is nearly 80 and back in March she was told by her doctor that she needed to be seen within two weeks. It’s now June and she is still waiting for her appointments.

My mum is nearly 80 and back in March she was told by her doctor that she needed to be seen within two weeks. It’s now June and she is still waiting for her appointment.

Sadly my daughter is awaiting her mastectomy.
Only one breast will be done now but the other one we worry about as her cancer had spread and as a brca one genetics patient a swift surgery was needed.

Harefield Hospital cancelled lung treatment 2 weeks ago as scan revealed I need more chemotherapy. I would like urgent action to get all cancer services running again.

Yes I agree having gone through two lots of cancer one where I have had a lung removed, and I only have one my left the smallest one left. But if it wasn’t for going too my doctors and then quickly to the hospital I would not be here now that was in 2006. For the last two years I have been have been getting treatment for bladder cancer again all going well just a few more months of a three year course to have when things get back to normal.
If everybody was treated as well as I have by a great team of medical people thier would be more people be alive today thank you all.

As with others posting here, I had a mastectomy last year and still under surgeon. I doubt I will get my follow up this year. I was informed last year the cancer care team no longer follow up on well being, to ring if I had concerns… Makes little difference now if I do, who will listen? I should also have a yearly mammogram, I am worried something may be missed if I don’t get an appointment for that this Year. I would be happy to support any cancer care ideas going forward.

Too late for my wife Marion. She died of Ovarian Cancer

My partner has just been diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leaukemia, he was originally sent for blood tests last October,November,December and January, his hospital appointment was booked for March that was cancelled due to covid, then Mays appointment was cancelled ,next video call in June consultant confirmed CML, I am so angry as he has lost 8 months when he could have been receiving treatment, surely he should have seen consultant long before the covid outbreak.

This is all personal, for me, too — I have had a biopsy to investigate (possibly cancerous) prostate-changes, and I am still under review. However, simply bombarding “the politicians” with “demands” that they simply do not have the means to deliver, while we have our current problems, is helping nobody!

We know about the Covid 19 what about us with cancer we want to live as well trust us go on the Bk burner we should have tests radiotherapy pills injections waste of time everybody before us

Cancer patient need there treatment
Also safe places for them
Before lockdown husband was going to be put forward for Clinical trials but have been suspended. So put on a drug as which is a last resort. Things need to happen for Cancer patients . They are going through enough

Having been unwell myself for the past few months with new symptoms developing, I can tell you that accessing the GP’s is a nightmare and almost impossible. I only managed to see a GP on three occasions due to persistance and near enough begging for help, I dread to think how other patients are fairing???

Far more will die because of this failure to keep on top of cancer treatments and routine testing than will die of COVID , especially in the under 65 age ranges.
I cannot understand why routine screening has been stopped especially for bowel cancer which requires stool samples to be sent by post .
As for those with diagnosed or deferred operations, why cannot private hospitals be used as they have been taken over by the NHS

My cea blood test and phone consultation with my oncologist has been put back 14 weeks , same as my CT scan . I have no complaints as they notified me fairly quickly. I have had superb treatment over the last four years and have just gone into my fifth year of remission with bowel cancer. I do feel for those people who are waiting for tests , surgery , chemotherapy, radiotherapy etc , it is very worrying in the early years of diagnosis.

In 2001 I was operated on for bowel cancer and ended up witha a colostomy a year later another operation to remove a 1/3 of my left lung due to lung cancer,I cannot praise the medical staff @ kettering general hospital for their outstanding care i received. I am still here, 20 years of extended life . THANK YOU ALL.

I was due for an MRI Scan at the end of May but I cancelled it as I was not happy to go to the Hospital with this Corona virus still around.
I had a brain tumour removed again after it had regrown since it was first removed in 2006 last September.
Now I have to wait until this virus is gone and my surgeon has to refer me to the MRI Department.

I’ve recently had a suspected growth removed from my foot at Royal South Hants hospital Southampton & was impressed with their professionalism. My temperature was taken, hand gel given & offered a mask, although I had my own. I had to wait a week after my E consultation with GP before my appointment with the hospital & it was removed the same day. I have now to wait 2 weeks for my results. I can’t find fault with my treatment so far from the hospital. I was told several years ago that it was a wart, my GP refused to send me for removal so I’m hoping it isn’t cancerous!

I was ref to the Bournemouth Hospital in March for investigations into my enlarged prostate and was given an appointment via the fast track system. A week prior to my appointment i was contacted by the hospital to inform me that my appointment was cancelled due to the COVID 19 outbreak. I have been in contact with my G.P. who is now in the process of arranging a new referral and am now awaiting a new appointment but not sure how long i will have to wait. It is obvious that the COVID virus has taken over the health system and is without doubt costing lives. This has to be rectified now and needs urgent attention. How many lives are going to be lost due to this lack of treatment and screening of people with Cancer or Cancer symptoms? COVID 19 is not the only thing that kills people.

I was really surprised that I didn’t get my recall for my 1st year after being diagnosed in 2019 with DCIS. Not as serious as other breast cancers but still went through a stressful time with the operation and radiotherapy. With the fuss caused and quickness of treatment, can’t believe myself and everyone have been put on hold . It’s stressful enough to know your under the hospital for the next 5 years but now feel dumped as such . My mental health feels like it’s been affected with not hearing anything, not even a letter to say, I havnt been forgotten . I did actually phone the department to find out if I’d missed an appointment and they had a little laugh about it . So I was a bit stunned at the response. I can’t understand what these people would be doing in these departments apart from Manding the phones .

I really feel something should be done. I have to rely on phone consultation, which I do not feel safe with. I become very anxious as I do not feel I can safely diagnose myself.

Agreed, I in remission, GOT THE VERY BEST TREATMENT IN THE WORLD IN NOVEMBER 2017, AT MRI AND THE CHRISTIE IN MANCHESTER,.

Hi, i’ve secondary bc which has been stable for 8 years but in Dec 2019 routine ct scan showed cancer in lymphnodes in my neck. ct scans are back logged and review appointments are by phone. My concern is i went for 15mths(a few years ago) without being seen, i don’t want to slip through their net again. Cancer patients still need their routine scans, reviews etc

Absolutely right. As a cancer patient, I stopped Chemo because it put me in hospital twice! However I have only just got another cancer drug after 8 months and injections have been stopped by oncology for 3 months. I was told although bone cancer is incurable, you can live a long time with treatment. What does this tell me? My body tells me I am ceasing up!… Why couldnt general hospital be used for co-vid and private hospitals for cancer heart and other non co-vid patients?

We need the safe spaces for people to be able to come and be screened/tested for peace of mind as much as anything else. The sooner this is up and running on full throttle again, the better!

I agree such an important cause. I had breast cancer three years ago and my annual check up due 9/6 is going to be by telephone. I would prefer a face to face check up to make sure things are still ok. Keep up the fight

Cancer treatment should be a priority otherwise more there will be a number of unnecessary deaths

I could not agree more with all these views. Keep up the pressure & the good work

Cancer patients need their
Treatment.

Hi I think you do a superb job and save countless lives me being one of them , I do feel the covid virus has created mayhem for cancer victims as you know some people need to be seen straight away especially if at stage 4 ,and from my experience you will all achieve your remarkable life saving work on track again , thanks to all of you for being brilliant

I have sent this email to my mp because i myself have breast cancer and we must be able to see our oncologist, breast surgeon, and people definitely need on going appointments, plus treatments and operations im having a telephone appointment today with my oncologist this isn’t same as an hands on or face to face as how can she examine me to see if everything is ok we definitely do need somewhere safe to carry on with cancer patients, new and old

Cancer is the biggest killer ,and I don’t understand with treatment so important has to stop because of covid extra people will die

I think it’s disgusting that the rest of the world stands still because of this virus.
Cancer treatments should be sorted now with the same vigour that this thing has been done. Cancer treatments should NOT take a back seat.

My treat.e t was stopped until last month and has just restarted again just hoping there is no further spread . I feel they could have continued in the cancer centres it is separate to main hospital and is where it’s now happening for a few people not all are lucky like mine was restarted because my blood test showed I urgently needed it to be restarted

I had bowel cancer diagnosed last year and had successful surgery to remove it. I am now waiting for a stoma reversal to complete my treatment. So while not a life threatening operation it would complete my recovery from cancel in my mind

Thankyou for the information I have just received an appointment for C T scan so hopefully in a fortnight’s time my mind will be at rest

A friends cancer treatment was stopped due to the corona virus, now his symptoms have fared up again : (.
I hope treatment for cancer sufferers start getting the urgent treatment they need ASAP.

Hello, great point and I would be glad to support; the wording though is slightly misleading is not COVID 19 that has done. The government has prioritised certain areas vs others. This happened to show for example testing for COVID 19 was in line with what promised, so cancer testing was cancelled as it didn’t fulfil the narrative. We need to direct the errors to the owners and help them to improve to make sure it doesn’t happen again. In Italy cancer services were never paused and my father in law received his full course of treatment during covid 19 times successfully. Yes they took protective measures, yes they separated the cancer units, yes they used PPE, yes they tested more patients. Here you couldn’t even get regular screening done. This is down to peoples decision and we can correct those by learning from errors, we cannot correct that Covid exists, so let focus on improving the decision making.

The text I received from cruk linking this article stated the article is related to steps going forward for cancer treatments. This article talks more about the problem than the actual solutions for steps going forward. Misleading and uninformative.

While my cancer treatment finished at the end of February, my follow up appointments were cancelled. My GP has been great and the requested blood tests have been done there. I know I am in a better position than most and can wait to see thyroid consultant and oncologist later but definitely have missed being able to see or speak to someone after treatment finished.