Doctors are warning the long public wait times for the common cancer screening test are 'catastrophic' and pose a 'high risk'.
abc.net.au/news/thousands-in-canberra-overdue-for-endoscopy-services/102055542The number of patients overdue for an endoscopy in Canberra has blown out to 6,000, as doctors warn the long public wait times for the common cancer-screening test are "catastrophic" and pose a "high risk".
Common types of endoscopy services are a gastroscopy, which can be used to diagnose stomach and oesophageal cancer, and a colonoscopy to diagnose bowel cancer and other diseases. His gastroenterologist removed multiple polyps to avoid them potentially developing into cancer. More polyps were found in a later colonoscopy in the public system just six months later."I thought it was pretty poor because I was concerned, I didn't know what the result would be or if things would get worse," he says.
Data is not yet publicly available for the period after the Digital Health Record came online in early November. Ms Castley says the delays on the public list are "very concerning" and Canberrans shouldn't need to wait years for treatment. ACT Labor promised at the 2020 election to provide an extra 5,000 endoscopy procedures a year by 2023, and to inject $16 million over three years to expand endoscopy facilities at the Canberra Hospital.
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