Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented strain on healthcare systems worldwide with the requirement to treat large influxes of infected patients, many of whom require respiratory support. Healthcare systems have had to redirect resources and redeploy staff away from routine diagnostic, treatment and follow-up services. The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is no different and cancer services have undergone significant disruption to create the emergency capacity to tackle the pandemic. As a charity that endeavours to support bladder cancer (BC) patients and improve outcomes, Action Bladder Cancer UK (ABCUK, Tetbury, UK) designed and administered an online survey to investigate the prevalence of such disruption.

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