Sussex NHS trust apologises for cancer treatment delays

University Hospitals Sussex admits errors, failures and surgeon disagreements in case of Ken Valder

A troubled NHS trust has apologised to the family of a man who died after a series of delays led to him waiting four times longer for an operation than a national cancer target.

Before he died in November 2022, Ken Valder, 66, a former tax inspector and voluntary steward at Brighton & Hove Albion football club, complained of “delays after delay” to his treatment for oesophageal cancer.