Trust has postponed some of its less urgent surgery
Most other urgent cancer surgery continuing in South East
A specialist trust has freed up 29 theatre sessions a week so cancer surgery from nearby providers can continue during the covid pandemic.
Surgeons from six other trusts across the South East are working with Queen Victoria Hospital Foundation Trust’s theatre teams to offer cancer patients breast, head and neck, and maxillofacial surgery.
The West Sussex trust, which specialises in burns care, reconstructive surgery and rehabilitation, offers some cancer services and provides breast reconstruction surgery rather than mastectomy. It has postponed some less urgent surgery to allow the cancer work to go ahead.
Health Chief Alistair Hill said Covid-19 deaths are at their highest in Brighton even as cases start to fall DEATHS from Covid-19 are currently at their highest in Brighton and Hove and are likely to remain high over the next few weeks. The news came as the city’s director of public health Alistair Hill said the number of cases, dated from a positive test, is coming down across the city. But the lag from cases to deaths means it will still be some time before they also start to fall. Data presented to Brighton and Hove City Councils Health and Wellbeing Board on Tuesday 26 January, showed cases peaked from late March to early May, and again from mid-December to 15 January.