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A Breast Screening Unit at Telford Hospital
MORE than 2,200 new cancer cases could be going undetected each week as the coronavirus crisis continues, Cancer Research warned today, dramatically hitting survival chances.
Urgent referrals by GPs have dropped to about 25 per cent of usual levels, the charity says, as fewer people visit their doctor and with practitioners reluctant to send patients to hospital due to the risk of infection.
Screening services have been paused formally in Scotland and Wales, while in England there is a de-facto pause, with screening appointments not being made.
We need a massive change in direction to renew a crumbling health service — that’s why Plaid Cymru has an ambitious plan to recentre primary care by recruiting 500 additional GPs and opening six new elective care hubs across Wales, writes MABON AP GWYNFOR
