Cancer patients are increasingly concerned that urgently needed operations have been cancelled because of Covid19, with no timescale for rescheduling on the horizon. But is it possible to deliver operations safely as the pandemic rages? We heard from Alison Tait last week- one of the few to have an operation in Edinburgh. So how rare is her experience? What factors are involved when doctors make these decisions? This time on Ripples, I’ve been talking to Professor Mike Griffin of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.