and simplifying the process around cancer treatment will be better for patients, but some doctors say more needs to be done to improve ouitcomes. here s our health editor, hugh pym. two very different cancer stories in the same household. fiona was diagnosed with breast cancer in april and she has had surgery and started radiotherapy. but while her husband simon was told he had skin cancer last october, he still hasn t started treatment. i cancer last october, he still hasn t started treatment. started treatment. i feel grateful that i have started treatment. i feel grateful that i have had started treatment. i feel grateful that i have had my started treatment. i feel grateful that i have had my surgery - started treatment. i feel grateful that i have had my surgery and i started treatment. i feel grateful i that i have had my surgery and i m getting through the other side of the cancerjourney, but i have a husband who has a lesion on his back thatis husband who has a lesion on
journey, but i have a husband who has a lesion on his back that is massive, that has heard nothing. it like a two tier system. there s no equality. i have got leaflets, letters from appointments summarising what we have discussed. simon hasn t had anything since we have seen the dermatologist a year ago. it may not work for simon, but the plan to streamline waiting time targets is designed to help patients through their personal journeys. reducing the standards from nine to three, i think, will make things easier to understand for patients and will make the service focus on what is more meaningful for patient, so whether or not they have cancer, whether it will be treated in time, and how long the nhs is taking to do that whole process. but in the bigger picture, fundamentally, these changes in waiting time targets will not change waiting times on their own. some cancer campaigners say the biggest picture is the need to find more resources and develop
surgery and started radiotherapy. but while her husband simon was told he had skin cancer last october, he still hasn t started treatment. i feel grateful that i have had my surgery and i m getting through the other side of the cancer journey, but i have a husband who has a lesion on his back that is massive, that has heard nothing. it s like a two tier system. there s no equality. i have been given leaflets, letters from appointments summarising what we have discussed. simon hasn t had anything since we have seen the dermatologist a year ago. it might not work for simon, but the plan to streamline waiting time targets is designed to help patients through their personal journeys. reducing the standards from nine to three, i think, will make things easier to understand for patients and will make the service focus on what is more meaningful for patients, so whether or not they have cancer, whether it will be treated in time, and how long the nhs is taking to do that whole process.