Problem rooted in staffing levels and unsustainable pressure on exhausted employees, complaints body for NHS in England says
Cancer patients in England could be at risk because NHS staff are overstretched and exhausted, the official complaints body has warned.
The parliamentary and health service ombudsman, which investigates complaints about government departments and the NHS in England, said that between April 2020 and December 2023, 185 of 1,019 investigations relating to patients with cancer were upheld or partly upheld.
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