Professor Val Curtis. The first intimation of failure came at the start of my cancer journey. It took two months from my initial referral to the start of my radiotherapy treatment. I begged the oncologist for an earlier appointment, but the waiting list target was 62 days, and so I had to wait out the full 62. After three grueling months of daily radiotherapy…I remained optimistic…But by September I was having symptoms again, this time rectally…It then took four weeks for an appointment to see a gastroenterologist and a further two to actually have the sigmoidoscopy and biopsy. And then … Continue reading Death by Waiting in Line: British NHS Claims Another Life