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Every sector can do more for people in deprived areas including the NHS, and there is a need to be more innovative, nurse led clinics etc… But my point remains, GPs have the detail in front of them so regardless of background, the same rules apply for a cancer referral. Nuffield are referring to...

Just for a degree of clarity, people in this thread talk about the consultants as though they are different in private and NHS care, when more often than not they are an NHS consultant working privately. You do of course have consultants who are purely private, but in my experience they’re not...

So sorry not denying your experience at all - sincere apologies if it seems like that. Just more concerned at what your GP is saying.

I’m afraid he/she is wrong. It’s actually the reverse, the fear factor of missing something leads them to refer more (and to be fair understandably so). The broader guidelines results in secondary care being flooded, with what are in essence inappropriate referrals. 28 days is for diagnosis, so...

Sorry to hear about your challenges, I really hope things improve. The part I’ve highlighted just simply is not the case, there are criteria but that always has been the case since the IOG came out in the late 90s/00s. More recently, the criteria instead of being narrowed has broadened….. The...

I don’t know your circumstances, but in relation to what you’ve responded to and this thread, what I’ve posted is fact.

If it’s detected early enough it is, the actual treatment side as per my earlier post is comparable. That is why screening has an important role and things like Targeted Lung Health Checks and FIT are very important. The whole because he’s the King argument is basically bollocks. Early...

There is little if anything to choose between a private and NHS cancer pathway in terms of speed of treatment, in fact some local private hospitals will transfer patients back to the NHS. The NHS will do their utmost to get patients a treatment decision within 28 days and first definitive...