{"id":737,"date":"2016-04-11T08:42:16","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T07:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/?p=737"},"modified":"2016-04-07T16:43:41","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T15:43:41","slug":"cancer-patient-has-operation-cancelled-five-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/cancer-patient-has-operation-cancelled-five-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer Patient Has Operation Cancelled Five Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

A cancer patient from Somerset has had his operation cancelled five times in one month.<\/span><\/p>\n

Charlie Mashin was due to undergo a 10-hour operation at the Bristol Royal Infirmary on 9 March, but it was cancelled due to the junior doctors\u2019 strike.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Mashin, who has cancer of the oesophagus, was told the operation would instead take place on 14 March, but this was later cancelled because of a bed shortage.<\/span><\/p>\n

The surgery has been re-scheduled and postponed a further three times, causing considerable distress to Mr Mashin who has been told that early treatment is essential.<\/span><\/p>\n

His wife, Helen, has described the experience as \u201cexasperating\u201d. She said: \u201cYou\u2019re having to find strength to keep going for the next opportunity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd he\u2019s not the only person who has got this type of cancer \u2013 we were told they should have done nine last month and they\u2019ve only done two.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, which oversees the running of the Bristol Royal Infirmary, has issued an apology. <\/span><\/p>\n

Has your treatment been delayed?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

If your urgent surgical treatment has been negligently delayed, causing you wrongful pain and suffering, please get in touch with us at Glynns Solicitors. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A cancer patient from Somerset has had his operation cancelled five times in one month. Charlie Mashin was due to undergo a 10-hour operation at the Bristol Royal Infirmary on 9 March, but it was cancelled due to the junior doctors\u2019 strike. Mr Mashin, who has cancer of the oesophagus, was told the operation would […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[304,803,801,802,103],"class_list":["post-737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancer-negligence","tag-bristol-royal-infirmary","tag-cancer-op-cancelled","tag-cancer-treatment-delayed","tag-delays-in-cancer-surgery","tag-delays-in-cancer-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":738,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions\/738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}