'This needs to change'
, Mags has been told there is no evidence of disease however lives with anxiety of recurrence.
“There are a number of things that the Scottish government need to address when it comes to ovarian cancer. Access to surgery is an unacceptable issue that affects the overall landscape of care that’s being provided in Scotland. This needs to change. If my husband and I hadn’t used our life-savings, I would have only just had my surgery. It’s a scary thought.
Annwen Jones OBE, chief executive of Target Ovarian Cancer, said: “It is just not acceptable that so many women wait so long for a correct diagnosis, leading to delays in treatment. Whilst we recognise that Scotland is leading the way with the shortest diagnostic pathway, the delays to women being referred for tests is staggering. We must do better and act faster to ensure women are getting the earliest possible diagnosis and earliest access to treatment, no matter where they live.
"Latest published data shows that the median wait for ovarian cancer patients in Scotland is 51 days from urgent suspicion of cancer referral to first treatment.
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