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Paper today cancer charities report.

Surgery to remove tumours fell by 33% during "first wave"

April to Aug 21,700 fewer had cancer surgery than 2019.

Number of patients diagnosed with cancer from April to Sept fell by 25%.

Head of NHS says delay in cancer surgery is "major cause for concern"

800 cancer oops cancelled in January alone.

4 week delay in cancer treatment increases risk of death by 10%

Covid policy induced cancer backlog that is close to 100,000 patients.

Nobody has had their treatment curtailed though. No evidence.

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Paper today cancer charities report.

Surgery to remove tumours fell by 33% during "first wave"

April to Aug 21,700 fewer had cancer surgery than 2019.

Number of patients diagnosed with cancer from April to Sept fell by 25%.

Head of NHS says delay in cancer surgery is "major cause for concern"

800 cancer oops cancelled in January alone.

4 week delay in cancer treatment increases risk of death by 10%

Covid policy induced cancer backlog that is close to 100,000 patients.

Nobody has had their treatment curtailed though. No evidence.

Some ops have always been cancelled though so what’s the base cancellation number?

Here’s a quarterly release from end 2019 and you can see thousands of ops are cancelled, without Covid.

This release covers NHS cancelled elective operations in England, during the quarter ending 31st December 2019.
The main points from the latest release are:
• During the quarter ending 31st December 2019, 23,503 operations were cancelled at the last minute for non-clinical reasons by NHS providers. In the same period in 2018/19, there were 20,166 cancelled operations.
• Cancelled operations during the quarter represented 1.1% of all elective activity, which is equal to the corresponding percentage in the same period in 2018/19 (1%).
• Of these cancellations 2,138 (9.1%) of patients were not treated within 28 days of a cancellation. In the same period in 2018/19, 1,665 (8.3%) of patients were not treated within 28 days.

From personal experience none of my Dads cancer treatments were cancelled in 2020, thankfully.

My mum also got everything she needed before she passed away in November.

I turned 50 and got my bowel screening stuff at the right time and had virtually no problem getting appointments for anything.