Andrew Battye, from Selby, has waited since December to have skin cancer removed from his face.
A Selby skin cancer patient has said waiting nine months for treatment has been "very scary and stressful".
Basal cell carcinoma is a non-melanoma - which means it is much less likely to spread - and can be caused by overexposure to the sun or sunbeds. Treatment for non-melanoma skin cancers are successful in 90% of cases, according to the NHS.The artist and retired hospital worker, who has two grown-up children, said the waiting time and the "endless" emails and telephone calls in rescheduling the treatment to remove the cancer from his face had been "very stressful".
In February 2021, Mr Battye was diagnosed with wet macular degeneration. He said it had taken 18 days for him to receive treatment and, as a result of the difficulties in getting timely eye injections, he "lost quite a lot of sight" in his left eye.
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