ever you are, england, wales, scotland or northern ireland, what is happening where you are and whether there is likely to be any impact on the services provided by nervous nurses. away from the nurses strike the nhs faces more pressure, as figures show the number of people waiting to begin cancer treatment in england, scotland and northern ireland has doubled since 2018. treatment is meant to start within 62 days of an urgent referral but according to nhs data analysed by the bbc, more than 67,000 patients have waited longer than that this year. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. married for more than 50 years, wendy and tony had seen each other through thick and thin. in september of last year, wendy s husband had a routine chest x ray. it wasn t until november he was informed there was something abnormal and was eventually told it was terminal lung cancer in january.
including surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. we re expecting the latest performance stats for nhs england shortly but first this report from dominic hughes. married for more than 50 years, wendy and tony had seen each other through thick and thin. in september of last year, wendy s husband had a routine chest x ray. it wasn t until november he was informed there was something abnormal and was eventually told it was terminal lung cancer in january. we assumed, obviously wrongly, that if we hadn t heard anything, everything must be all right. tony died at the end of february, but that long delay in diagnosis and treatment still torments wendy and her children. it seems that it was the big delay at the beginning between when tony had his x ray and someone then raised concerns about what they saw on that x ray that was the thing? yes. and i m not saying the end result
in september of last year, wendy s husband had a routine chest x ray. it wasn t until november he was informed there was something abnormal and was eventually told it was terminal lung cancer in january. we assumed, obviously wrongly, that if we hadn t heard anything, everything must be all right. tony died at the end of february, but that long delay in diagnosis and treatment still torments wendy and her children. it seems that it was the big delay at the beginning between when tony had his x ray and someone then raised concerns about what they saw on that x ray that was the thing? yes. and i m not saying the end result wouldn t have been the same. it would, i know that. i think he perhaps might have had a little bit longer. would the chemo have done any good, if he d had that sooner? i honestly don t know. it s not.
hello and welcome to the programme. there has been a steep increase in people waiting for cancer care in england, scotland and northern ireland. the number of patients waiting longer than the target at 62 days for cancer treatment such as chemotherapy or surgery has doubled since 2018, now up to 69,000. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes has this report. married for more than 50 years, wendy and tony had seen each other through thick and thin. in september of last year, wendy s husband had a routine chest x ray. it wasn t until november he was informed there was something abnormal and was eventually told it was terminal lung cancer in january. we assumed, obviously wrongly, that if we hadn t heard anything, everything must be all right. tony died at the end of february, but that long delay in diagnosis
waits for urgent cancer treatment has doubled in the past four years across england, scotland and northern ireland. bbc analysis of nhs data showed 67,000 patients waited longer than the target of 62 days for care including surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. we re expecting the latest performance stats for nhs england in half an hour but first this report from dominic hughes. married for more than 50 years, wendy and tony had seen each other through thick and thin. in september of last year, wendy s husband had a routine chest x ray. it wasn t until november he was informed there was something abnormal and was eventually told it was terminal lung cancer in january. we assumed, obviously wrongly, that if we hadn t heard anything, everything must be all right. tony died at the end of february, but that long delay in diagnosis and treatment still torments wendy and her children. it seems that it was the big delay at the beginning between when tony had his x ray and someone then