Patients waiting more than a month for urgent cancer checks amid COVID-19 crisis

Patients referred over a month ago on the two-week cancer pathway have yet to be offered hospital appointments, GPs have warned - as NHS England urged patients 'not to hesitate to get checked'.

by Nick Bostock
BMA GP committee chair Dr Richard Vautrey (Photo: BMA)
BMA GP committee chair Dr Richard Vautrey (Photo: BMA)

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