Procedure, but waiting times are still longer than before the pandemic. we ve been able to continue to do key procedures for our vascular patients throughout the pandemic, really. but the gentleman you re going to operate on today has been waiting six months. that sounds quite a lot. so, we generally try to, arm, treat patients with large aneurisms within eight weeks of the diagnosis, but with the pressures from the covid that s been a bit difficult to, to, arm, you know, maintain, or to get there. the cancer unit too at the hospital has kept going throughout the pandemic. i haven t cancelled a clinic over the whole period. so every patient that would have been seen has been seen whether that s face to face or over the phone. but dr beth harrison is worried about cancer patients she hasn t seen. we know that there s large numbers of patients who probably have cancer that hasn t been diagnosed.
Down, the hospital pushes on with the operating list. the urgent patients have gone ahead and we re going to resolve the staffing situation for the second cases to go ahead. i m heading into the anaesthetic suite where consultant uday dandekar s first patient is being prepared for theatre. just oxygen through this mask here. she has been having quite a bit of angina for the last. chest pain for the past few months. it first started in august and it s been getting worse, hasn t it, anne? yes, it has been getting worse. so, you ve had a bit of a wait for this, have you? erm, yes, i have. yes, since august. and erm, yes, with each pain it s more worrying. so it s nice that it s now happening today. anne clapham s heart bypass operation is a priority today. so, her operation has been able to go ahead but others are on hold, is that right? others are currently.