Almost every day brings more bad news on the cancer patient backlog in the NHS, caused in large part by the “stay at home, protect the NHS” drive. New research suggests that the waiting list could take more than a decade to clear, and backs up a study released earlier this week showing that thousands more will die along the way because of delayed treatment. The Telegraph has the story.
The analysis of NHS statistics by the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) estimates that around 20,000 cancer diagnoses have been missed during the pandemic.
Waiting lists have reached a record high of 5.5 million, with fears they could reach 13 million, as patients come forward after struggling to access services, or from fear of being a burden on the NHS during the pandemic.
It comes amid growing concern about access to face-to-face appointments with GPs.
The Prime Minister said on Wednesday that patients were entitled to see their doctor in person, raising concerns that without the option, deadly symptoms could be missed.
Before the pandemic, around 80% of consultations took place in a doctor’s surgery – but in July the figure was just 57%.
The new study by the IPPR and CF, a data analytics consultancy, says it could take until 2033 to clear the backlog – and come too late for many of those whose diagnosis was missed or delayed.
Even this timetable would require a 5% increase in cancer care activity levels above pre-pandemic levels, it says.
However, boosting this to 15%, with a major expansion in diagnostics and staffing, could clear the backlog by next year, the analysis suggests. …
The research shows that in the year following the first lockdown, 369,000 fewer people than expected were referred to a specialist with suspected cancer. …
Concerns about the spread of Covid, and efforts to free hospitals for patients with the virus, resulted in a major reduction in access to diagnostic tests. …
The report said: “Behind these statistics are thousands of people for whom it will now be too late to cure their cancer.”
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Not Covid. Does not count
I don’t think that this is ‘news’ – except in the detail, but, when added to all the other evidence on health disruption beyond the trigger word of ‘cancer’, paints an astounding picture of the effects of the impact of the Covid scamdemic.
… and yet, in general, all I hear is a collective snore.
Stay at home > die early of something else > save the NHS
“If it save’s one life!”
Oh well, you know, omlettes, eggs…
Incompetence or intention, either will buy your politicians and health experts their ticket to hell.
As the incidence of cancer increases going forward it will never be ” cleared ” . Except for those utilising the new , shiny private service which has been part of the plan all along.
This doesn’t even take into account the potential increase in cases from the clot shots.
‘Protect the NHS, let yourself die’, said Matt Hancockwomble and Kim Jong Johnson.
I’ve just read about Shane Warne who lives over here apparently got tested for Covid despite being double vaxxed and guess what he was positive and has been trialling a ventilator even though he was OK breathing, no problems! Advising us all to get vaxxinated! Tell you what Shane take a hike!
He has been a silly boy hasn’t he?
Great leg-spin bowler, Warnie (at least to me, as an Australian cricket tragic) but there was never much else going on between his ears apart from the theory of flippers and googlies. Just one more ‘celebrity’ to add to the list of dumbkofs who are touting the jib-jab.
We had to cull to ill to save the ill.
Clap for you carers! (on pain of death).
It’s drives me nuts that they’re trying to paint a picture that consultants were sat around twiddling their thumbs in hospitals all last year wondering where all the cancer patients were and desperately trying to encourage them to come in. They shut down their services and refused to take referrals! No patients were choosing not get treated for their cancer! This is entirely a catastrophe of the NHS’s making and not even 1% patients fault
ok rant over.
It’s the cancer patients’ fault they got cancer, innit?
Yes i was shouting at the car radio earlier too….
Even worse, when the cancer patients finally get into hospital, how many of them will be given covid?
I know someone with colon/bowel cancer who has been mercilessly taking the piss out of me for being a ‘conspiracy nutter’ as regards all things Covid.
Good luck with your cancer treatment, matey, if you can find a hospital any more!
As I have said, billions squandered on the likes of Dido Harding’s Trap and Trace, face masks and plastic visors Made in China, and ‘vaccines’ containing who-knows-what, thousands of plastic cones for the NHS testing sites – when all this could have been pumped into the NHS and the population of Britain been left unmolested by the psychological abuse of SAGE.
Just how much has been wasted on adverts like this?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTqh8K2Ux4c
Pass me the sick bucket
6 to 1 advantage dislike to likes is cheering.
Sad to say, but every cancer death caused by the lack if treatment and diagnosis over the last year and a half, is one closer to clearing the backlog.
I have no doubt that is how the politicians will see it.
That’s the main way the NHS treats…
And so helpful for global warming.
I wonder how you clear a cancer patient backlog over a ten year period. Presumably you make sure all the patients die as soon as possible. That should do it, and in ten years time they can look for plaudits for successfully clearlng the backlog.
You have to make sure every terminally ill case pings a positive on the PCR test before they die though, then you can chalk it all up to this awful pandemic and whatever the latest variant du jour is.
According to some woman representing Cancer UK on the news today, the backlog has been caused by people avoiding going to their GP for fear of adding to the pressures on the NHS. She pleaded with everybody that if they have any concerns they must go and see their GP without delay…. Yeah, right.
My GP seems to have completely disappeared
Mine’s about, but you have to undergo trial by combat with the receptionists in order to get an appointment.
I went to A&E by ambulance early March for a serious condition for which the only treatment seemed to be pain relief and radically changed diet. I would clearly not be returning to work anytime soon, if ever.
I was also diagnosed as having lymphoma (blood cancer) and in the haematology ward for over 3 weeks. Being fuzzy headed due to one of the pain relief drugs (Oramorph) I declined Chemo treatment for cancer which seemed to involve all manner of highly unpleasant side effects. Seeing little point in extending life that would consist of poverty, pain and boredom only to die of something else.
I left hospital on an ‘End of Life Protocol’.
Once home, getting myself slowly off the Oramorph and figuring the diet thing Myself (NHS advice was risible) I asked to review decision about Chemotherapy to treat my cancer.
I was given an appointment with the friendliest of the many Consultants that had looked at me during my hospital stay within two weeks and started Chemotherapy as an day p.atient two weeks later.
I have just finished 4 of 6 chemo sessions.
From my experience the Cancer Treatment shortage is on the same level as the petrol panic buying frenzy that has been caused by the government and media.
FYI many cancers can be slowed or even go into remission by following a very low-carb. or ketogenic diet. This effect has been known for a long time. But conventional medicine seems to be based on whatever makes most profit for pharma and creates well-paid, high-status careers for hospital consultants or certain university professors who are well and truly ‘bought and paid for’.
Read, e.g. the books Doctoring Data and A Statin Nation by Dr. Malcolm Kendrick. The normal approach seems to assume that cancer is mostly a genetic disease but it seems to be mostly a metabolic one. My philosophy at age 68 is to eat healthily, exercise, stay away from the NHS at all costs (unless I have an accident) and take 20,000 IU vitamin D per week.
I wish you well. The website http://www.dietdoctor.com has some info. on cancer treatment.
Thank you John. Living or not is of no great concern.
As I explained repeatedly to hospital Consultants, what was of concern was the avoidance of pain and discomfort.
My point is that finding that life had more to offer than pain, poverty and boredom my request for treatment of my Cancer was met immediately, despite the likelihood of my dying of something else in the meanwhile. Unlike what is reported here at LS and elsewhere.
I consider myself to be extraordinarily lucky in that, in the words of the great Frank Spencer
“In every day, in every way, I get better and better”.
Die of cancer.
Protect the NHS.
https://pathologie-konferenz.de/en/
CAUSE OF DEATH AFTER COVID-19 VACCINATION
UNDECLARED COMPONENTS OF THE COVID-19 VACCINES
In a decade how many of these cancer patients have died? 80% or more?
And how many have developed cancer?
The idea that they will “catch up” is just ludicrous! You would have to create thousands of doctors, surgical slots, bed capacity etc.
So then, a decade (or more) is how long all the untreated cancer patients will take to
diebe “dealt with”.In the meantime don’t forget to wear your masks, get all your “vaccinations”, social distance, clap the NHS and get down on your knees to give thanks to St Bozo and his disciples.
Simple really.
Scaring people into giving the scarers more money to do what NHS refused to do.
The ‘blame the patient’ mantra is not truthful.
1 Cancer patients were told to not go.
2 GP’s operated a postcode lottery.
Affluent areas received some service. In less affluent areas instructions were: –
a Do not go to hospital unless you have covid symptoms. Hospitals are reserved for covid patients.
b If you have covid symptoms do not contact GP or visit surgery; phone new number exclusively for covid or go to A&E.
c If you do not have covid symptoms do not go to hospital, do not visit surgery. Requests for repeat scrips will not be accepted by phone. If you need repeat scrip, request it on-line.
BUT less affluent depend on libraries for on-line and libraries were shut-down. My internet connection had crashed. I phoned the surgery. Phones never answered, not even by auto-system. I went to the surgery several times; it was locked, no lights on or windows open. Every surgery in area was the same.
I needed life-saving medication that’s on repeat scrip. I resorted to private sector; they saved my life and I’ve not been back to NHS since.
And more recently, not a blood vial to be seen. Now a simple test which might be the difference between life and death cannot be performed because the entire flipping country have no blood vials. Surely, this cannot be.
something is seriously wrong in the UK. Either the country is bankrupt? Or has been promised lots of ££££’s if they continue to pursue this negligent behaviour. I would say they are doing a very good job in the negligent behaviour department.