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AIBU to think this referral to breast clinic is taking too long?

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billeth · 02/06/2026 16:29

Lump in my boob. Found 3 weeks ago. Took 12 days to get a GP appt. They referred to on 2ww to breast clinic. This was a week ago, so I'm now at nearly three weeks in this horrible limbo. I hear about people getting same or next day appointments with their GP then very quick turnaround at the breast clinic, but I feel totally forgotten. GP says it is out of their hands now, and when I call the breast clinic through the hospital switchboard it just rings out. Just fed up of being scared whilst I wait and just want to know if I have breast cancer or not.

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billeth · 02/06/2026 16:39

Crazyfrog44 · 02/06/2026 16:38

The gp's will refer to it as a two week wait but actually it no longer exists as the government scrapped it. Breast clinics are inundated. It took 5 weeks until my first appointment, six weeks more for the second, then another four weeks for the op, then four weeks for results.

Thanks I didn't realise it wasn't a thing anymore.

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Circe7 · 02/06/2026 16:39

My trust moved from 2ww to 4 weeks recently.

Once I was seen at the breast clinic everything moved very quickly and I had several different tests on the same day. I did end up being diagnosed and had surgery within 4 weeks of my first appointment.

But the vast majority of those referred don’t have cancer. I know the waiting is tough though.

Crazyfrog44 · 02/06/2026 16:38

The gp's will refer to it as a two week wait but actually it no longer exists as the government scrapped it. Breast clinics are inundated. It took 5 weeks until my first appointment, six weeks more for the second, then another four weeks for the op, then four weeks for results.

tiramisugelato · 02/06/2026 16:38

So it's only a week since you've seen a GP? Sounds fine to me.

LinkedinLovely · 02/06/2026 16:33

Yes it is, but the NHS is swamped. It's hard, but I hear all the time that the waiting bit is the most difficult, so in theory it gets easier from here on. I'm just about to come out the other end so would like to send you a little ray of light down the tunnel.

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