Mark Jones

“During the inquest the Court was told that there is a backlog in standard referrals such as Mr [name redacted] being seen. This means that a referral which pre Covid meant a waiting time of approximately 2.5 months for an outpatient appointment now involves a waiting time of approximately 8 months.”

“2. Mr [name redacted]' referral was sent in by his dentist to secondary care on the standard referral pathway. On receipt by the secondary care triage team the referral was assessed and based on the information provided remained on the standard referral pathway. The evidence was that a more detailed and better quality referral that included a photograph of the lesion would have probably resulted in his case being moved off the standard pathway. The inquest was told that there is no national standard or protocol”