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Scots waiting weeks for life-saving scans as non-Covid NHS services grind to a halt Health boards across Scotland are failing to offer patients vital diagnostic scans within the maximum six-week waiting period imposed by ministers. Updated Thousands of patients are waiting longer than six weeks for potentially life-saving scans Our Politics newsletter is now daily. Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send ...

Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography While the NHS and professional bodies say hospitals were forced to cancel elective appointments to limit patients in wards, the pandemic has exposed flaws in the health service’s ability to diagnose serious conditions early, experts say. Top radiologists have said an historical lack of staff as well as a shortage in CT and MRI scanners has been “exacerbated” by Covid-19. Dr William Ramsden is Vice president of the clinical radiology faculty for the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) and a Children’s radiologist at Leeds Children’...

news Cancer scan backlog raises late detection fears Millions of people missed out on potentially life-saving scans when non-Covid-19 NHS services ground to a halt during the pandemic, analysis shows. In England, at least 4.4 million fewer scans were performed between April and September this year compared to the same period in 2019. One in seven people are now waiting more than three months for a scan as the NHS attempts to clear the backlog. NHS England says some services are now back to the same levels as last year. But professional bodies and Cancer Research UK say the period of inactivit...

A CANCER survivor says people could die because of the sharp drop in the number of diagnostic scans being carried out by the NHS in Worcestershire during the Covid pandemic. Figures for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust show that between April and September this year, 139,895 scans were carried out, compared to 206,015 in the same period in 2019 – that's 66,120 fewer scans, a drop of 32.09 per cent. The scans are not just for suspected cancer but other serious conditions such as heart disease, where an early diagnosis is often vital for survival. Barbara Moss, 66, from Worces...

By Rachel Conner-Hill echorachelc Chief Reporter (Tees Valley & North Yorkshire) NHS scans fell by a third during first six months of pandemic Picture: PA FEARS have been raised about the impact on cancer patients after thousands of people in the North-East missed out on potentially life-saving scans when non-Covid NHS services ground to a halt. The number of diagnostic scans – including MRI, CT scans and ultrasounds – carried out in the North-East and Yorkshire dropped by ...