Call for long-term cancer strategy as 9,000 wait too long for treatment

Call for long-term cancer strategy as 9,000 wait too long for treatment

Cancer charities joined forces in the Senedd to call for a longer-term national strategy to improve services after 9,000 people waited too long for…

Call for long-term cancer strategy as 9,000 wait too long for treatment | West Wales Chronicle : News for Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Swansea and Beyond

Cancer charities joined forces to call for a longer-term national strategy to improve services after 9,000 people waited too long for treatment last year.   Mark Isherwood raised an Audit Wales report which found cancer services have consistently failed to hit a 75% target for patients to start treatment within 62 days. Mr Isherwood, who chairs the Senedd’s public accounts committee, asked witnesses for their reflections on the issues identified…

Since January 9, cancer patients in Tabasco face an unprecedented crisis due to the lack of radiation therapy at the Juan Graham Casasús Hospital, one of the state’s leading high-specialty health care centers. The situation has become unsustainable for many, who are forced to seek care in other cities, facing additional costs that many cannot afford. Apparatus used for radiation therapy breaks down The problem began when the linear accelerator, …

Cancer charities call for longer-term national strategy

Cancer charities have joined forces to call for a longer-term national strategy in Wales to improve services after 9,000 people waited too long for treatment last year.