Health service executives and cancer experts fear patients’ cancers may worsen, or even become inoperable, if surgery is postponed for an unknown length of time. Delaying cancer surgery can lead to tumours growing or spreading – and worse outcomes.”The situation has arisen because London hospitals are running out of intensive care beds and cannot perform types of cancer surgery that would require an ICU bed for the patient to recover in. These operations are the second most pressing of the four categories of surgery the NHS undertakes. Sir David Sloman, NHS regional director for London, said: “Londoners continue to receive urgent cancer care and surgery. Blood Cancer UK (@bloodcancer_uk) 3/ We know that many parents with blood cancer are worried about their children going back.

Source: The Guardian January 02, 2021 19:00 UTC