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Cancer patients face ‘perfect storm’ as Covid piles pressure on NHS

Macmillan analysis of NHS England data finds overstretched hospitals struggling to cope with backlog

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Progress in clearing the NHS cancer treatment backlog in England has gone into reverse amid high Covid cases and staff shortages, analysis suggests.

With rising coronavirus hospitalisations also now piling pressure on the health service, experts have warned patients should brace themselves for worse to come as a “perfect storm” looms in cancer care.

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