RT and bank hols

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Is it pretty standard the RT stops for bank holidays? My husband will only be in week 2 next week and is obviously missing two days around Easter. He is having a dose on Sat instead. Sure they know what they’re doing, is it similar in most places?

  • is it similar in most places?

    Yes

    I missed over Christmas but caught up over a weekend

    Some trusts fit in two in one day

    Dani 

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  • Hi there

    I did wonder about bank holidays and treatment, however, I’m due to start my CRT on Monday 6th April which is Easter Monday. 

  • If that’s your start date then that’s when you start. In my recollection weekends are routinely missed out but accommodation made when either Christmas Day or Easter Sunday (News Years day in Scotland) fall on a weekday 

    Dani 

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  • I was treated on bank holidays....Scotland

    Michael

  • I was treated on bank holidays....Scotland

    Ah, I stand corrected about New Year’s Day. 

    Dani 

    Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019

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  • My hubby had Christmas off,but he had a couple of double sessions to make up,he got treated at Clatterbridge Liverpool. I wonder if each trust has got their own ways. All the best, try not to panic,I am sure your medical team knows what's best for him. Fellow wife Mel x

  • he had a couple of double sessions to make up

    M oncologist told me that they did do that at Swansea if there was no alternative. The department didn’t advertise it because in the past some patients had bunked off for a day off when they realised it would be made up. 

    Dani 

    Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019

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  • Hi Dani,we ,funny enough did know,was all detailed in appointment plan,wouldn't have let him skip sessions,lol, he's doing fine considering. Hope you are well. Mel x