in england, with figures reaching a record high. louise mcallan, from essex, has been affected by treatment delays due to the pandemic. she was diagnosed with terminal cancer early last year and has not been able to start chemotherapy. she spoke to victoria derbyshire about her situation. when he told me that i wouldn t be receiving chemotherapy, yeah, it was just devastating, really. i think my whole world just fell out. and ijust said to him at the time, you re just leaving me. you know, i just felt so abandoned. you were told, i think at this point, that your cancer your lung cancer was stage iv, is that correct? yes, it was, yeah. which for anyone who doesn t understand the significance of that, there isn t a stage v. it means it isn t curable,