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Jan 2021
Covid – urgent cancer operations cancelled in parts of London
Potentially life-saving cancer operations have been suspended at a major London NHS trust due to the number of beds being taken up by Covid patients.
King’s College Hospital Trust has had to cancel all “Priority 2” operations – those which doctors judge need to be carried out within 28 days.
Cancer Research UK have said such cancellations did not appear to have been reciprocated across the country.
A spokesperson for the Trust, which mainly treats patients in the south of London, said “Due to the large increase in patients being admitted with Covid-19, including those requiring intensive care, we have taken the difficult decision to postpone all elective procedures, with the exception of cases where a delay would cause immediate harm.
“A small number of cancer patients due to be operated on this week have had their surgery postponed, with patients being kept under close review by senior doctors.
President of the Royal College of Surgeons in England, Professor Neil Mortensen, said he had heard from members that “hospitals across London are having to cancel cancer surgeries as a result of the huge number of Covid-19 patients being hospitalised.”
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Posted by Tony May, Partner/head of Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (tonymay@chadlaw.co.uk ), medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.
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