cancer patients who now have 'no hope' in recovering amid catastrophic treatment delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Jackie Johnson, from Fife, has stage-four cancer of the oesophagus and has been told by medics there is no hope.
Three times in lockdown, doctors told the 51-year-old she had acid reflux. The mum-of-two only realised the severity of her illness by reading notes left on her bed by a nurse.Jackie is among many who've fallen victim to the devastating human toll of Britain’s cancer backlog.Shocking statistics have been revealed by the Sunday People.Around 19,500 cancer sufferers have not been diagnosed since the pandemic began in March 2020.
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