Cancer charity expands helpline as patients find NHS staff too ‘rushed off their feet’
Growing numbers of people with cancer are seeking advice from Macmillan Cancer Support because overstretched NHS staff are too busy to answer their questions, the charity says.
Patients are having to call its helpline for information and guidance instead of asking doctors and nurses in cancer services, who are often too “rushed off their feet” to have the time needed.
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Denis Campbell Health policy editor
Cancer charity expands helpline as patients find NHS staff too ‘rushed off their feet’
Growing numbers of people with cancer are seeking advice from Macmillan Cancer Support because overstretched NHS staff are too busy to answer their questions, the charity says.
Patients are having to call its helpline for information and guidance instead of asking doctors and nurses in cancer services, who are often too “rushed off their feet” to have the time needed.
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