Semindel expectation of some patients with a red flag

Some patients who were in red rooms for evaluating breast cancer are waiting for up to seven weeks in Northern Ireland.

The goal set in accordance with the Department of Health of Northern Ireland, which observes five trains in the field of health and social assistance, is 14 days.

Mary (not her real name), which was red, noted by her doctors with a general practice last week, said BBC News Ni, that she will have at least a five -story expectation that will be noticed.

She said that her doctor was “very apologized”, but could not give her a final time report.

“I don’t know when I’m going to receive a letter that will give me a date,” she said Nolan showField

BBC News Ni understands that several breast cancer consultants are concerned that the spiral waiting time Since a new regional system for processing directions was introducedField

The system was criticized for creating a lottery network of postal indices, since, depending on the patient’s address, some were noticed faster than others.

Before its introduction, Health Trusts controlled its own abstracts of the red flag.

In May, all directions of the red flag in the western trast were seen within 14 days, which makes it one of the best trusts in achieving his goal.

Nevertheless, a few weeks after the start of the regional system, some patients waited up to seven weeks, and the latest data showed that 250 patients were waiting for more than 14 days to prescribe the red gland of the red flag.

More than 1,100 people throughout Northern Ireland are on the list of red flags.

One healthcare source told BBC News Ni that the regional system was too complicated for management, and by the end of September, forecasts of waiting lists of up to 11 weeks are growing.

Mary said that she was active and was for regular meetings on the chest, so it was “very upset” so that now they could not access the services necessary for her.

She said that delays showed that the healthcare system in Northern Ireland was “broken”.

“I felt it from afar, but now this is a reality for me, because it affects me,” she said.

“I really feel that in fact it is also less maintenance as women we get.”

Mary was on hormonal replacement therapy (ZGT) for a number of years, which she had to stop while she was waiting for the direction of breast cancer.

“My age and the fact that I am on HRT put me at a higher risk,” she said.

“Thus, all my symptoms that the GRT ruled is no longer in place, so you can imagine my dream, anxiety and everything that will affect all this stress. It’s horrible”.

Mary said that, although she realized that “I should not emphasize” something that she could not control, it was “not a great situation”.

“I am a mother, I work full time, I can’t let her capture my life, but this is a real problem,” she said.

The new initiative of the red flag was Announced in May Minister of Health Mike Nebitt In response to the “unacceptable” time of waiting for breast cancer services in Northern Ireland.

The goal was to allow people from all medical funds to gain access to the earliest purposes available to them, regardless of where they live.

For example, patients living in southeast health care were offered directions and meetings with screening in Western health, including on weekends.

However, not all patients can make this trip or meeting on weekends.

Nebitt said that for women in one trust region it was not acceptable to wait longer than women in another area of ​​trust, “this will help to solve the differences between the trusts.”

Since the system works for about three months, others said that it needed time to sleep, and this summer vacation among doctors was also a problem.

Sources told BBC that some of the healthcare funds believed that they were in the best position to manage lists, but since some breast divisions were better equipped than others, this did not create a fair destination system.

BBC News Ni has contacted each of the healthcare funds and the Ministry of Health for comments.