Manx Care says a staff vacancy means the two-week target for urgent referrals is not being met.
Patients given an urgent suspected breast cancer referral are waiting nine weeks for their first appointment due to staff shortages, Manx Care has said.
To cut the backlog, some patients will be offered appointments at hospitals in England and additional on-island clinics are being held. The current system operates a "one stop" assessment clinic that provides breast ultrasound, biopsies and other procedures, and involves a breast radiologist, surgeon, and specialist nurse.Manx Care said the increase in waiting times was “predominantly due to a vacant consultant breast radiologist post”, and action was being taken to secure regular weekdays locum cover while the recruitment process continued.
Those assessments and UK appointments were being offered “based on both clinical priority and date order of referral receipt”, Manx Care said.
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