Cancer survival rates hampered by shortage of NHS pathologists - The Independent on Sunday 2nd November 2008

Thursday, November 06, 2008

Time-lag in training specialists to meet growing demand means that diagnoses and life-saving treatment are dangerously delayed. Government promises to improve cancer survival rates and reduce hospital superbugs are under threat because of a lack of pathologists, medical experts claimed yesterday. Seriously ill patients are missing out on life-saving treatments because of a shortage of highly trained specialists in some areas, according to the Royal College of Pathologists (RCoP).

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