Another story of NHS delay

Sadly, we are learning of many examples of unacceptable delays in the time NHS patients are having to experience both prior to completion of diagnostic tests and whilst waiting for treatment.  This example is a cutting from the Daily Telegraph's letters page of August14th.

Operation delay

Sir - The Labour Party fought the last two elections with promises to improve education and the NHS.  We are told by doctors that one of the biggest killers to modern man over a certain age is prostate cancer.

At 64, I have been told by a hospital specialist that I need a biopsy on my prostate to test for cancer.  So if this is such a killer and the health service has been improved so much, why do I have to wait until some time next year to get an appointment?  We have one of the latest hospitals in Durham to be built with private funding.  Is this the taste of things to come? Robert Elder