Michael Moore
11 Sept 2025 · Coroner Samantha Goward · Norfolk
The coroner's concerns
1. cancer referrals
“The evidence of the Hospital Trust was that work had been ongoing in recent years to reduce delays, but that while there had been some initial improvement, there had been a further decline which I was told is in part due to an increase in referrals due to high profile celebrities announcing their cancer diagnoses and rightly encouraging people to come forward with any symptoms of concern. Therefore, despite local measures to improve performance, this has been significantly affected by a rise in”