Record Cancer Treatment Delays in England

0:00On March 31st, A record 106,810 cancer patients in England waited over 62 days to start urgent NHS treatment last year. That's the highest number ever, according to fresh analysis of government data. 83% of trusts missed the goal of treating 85% of patients within that time frame, and nationally, no one's hit that target since 2014. These delays hit hard, cutting survival odds by about 10% for every four weeks extra weight, while ramping up patient stress and limiting treatment options. Charities like cancer research UK say it's letting people down big time. Cancer cases are exploding too, with nearly 424,000 diagnoses a year now, one every 75 seconds. Liberal Democrats won a legal guarantee for 62-day starts, plus more machines, nurses, and even poaching top U.S. researchers. Governments got a plan aiming to nail all targets by March 20th, 29, but experts warn it'll

1:02take massive staff and equipment boost to pull off, especially since the UK's lagging other nations.