Length of time to get treatment

thank you

thank you to all who have replied 

Update - went to next consultant apt - another different person - felt like we were starting all over again.  Consultant asked what we thought the problem was - despite having been told 2 months ago it was cancer.

then say need teeth xray - expected that & wants another ultrasound guided biopsy doing!!  - why.

Says oncologist apt will be about 2 wees then another 4 to start treatment.

Asked if we could go to the hospital closer ( there is one half the distance away that does the correct treatment) to be met with a sharp intake of breath & a very golum like attitude,

Went to ultrasound/ biopsy - when got there they have asked for the other side of the neck.Dr looked said nothing there - did ultrasound & again confirmed ( i think for about the 4th time) nothing on that side so nothing to biopsy.

Having quoted timescales ( & our particular health trust recently on tv for failing n cancer timescales) we have now got the next coupe of apts.

 Mable I would start a complaint with PALS and do it today. The cavalier fashion you have been treated is unacceptable. A complaint should get things going. Xx

To add to Dani's response it is your right to have treatment at a hospital of your choice.  If the one close offers the treatment and you are confident in them ask to be referred.

latest update - finally got to the oncologist - asked again if we could be referred to the closer hospital & finally a yes!!  why this couldn't have been done in January??  so this was essentially another wasted journey and appointment.

To add to that - consultant said pet CT & MRi scans now very old & need to do new ones.

Yet more waste & cost within the NHS

so 1st went to Dr in November now april  still at least another month to go before any treatment 

Good evening Mabel, lets hope your husband gets better treatment at the closer hospital, you certainly have been messed about, it sounds to me as if there has been a big communication breakdown previously. Hope all goes well with the scans, it does make sense to have them re-done although it should not have gotten to this stage. I wish you and your husband all the very best for the treatment. Take care.

                                                                 Chris x

and bumped back to the original hospital! i the time between first asking for a transfer and last consultant visit - the person at the closer hospital left and has not been replaced.

So back to nearly 90 mins journey each way.

On the plus side we now have a treatment start date of 8 May . Mask being done today then got to sort appointment for RIG.

Mable said:

So back to nearly 90 mins journey each way.

I managed the same. Two hours each way. Husband drove me and in the last two weeks I dozed. The bump back may be capacity. If your choice of hospital just doesn’t have the space there’s little choice such is the parlous state of qualified staff and number of machines. 
Wish your husband good luck with the mask. I found it easy enough and the techies talk you through it. Mine was done in the simulation room so I had my planning CT done as soon as it was hard. 
A lot of  the newer masks have preformed eyeholes. If his doesn’t ask to have them cut. The treatment is much easier if you can see out.