Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Syrian sources: The Israeli occupation has begun withdrawing from the areas it infiltrated last night in the Quneitra countryside.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Massive bombings in eastern Gaza, the second within half an hour, and its sound was heard from central area.
Russian air defense units destroyed a drone that was heading toward Moscow.
Maduro: Tomorrow, a business meeting will be held bringing together hundreds of entrepreneurs from advanced Russian industries with hundreds of Venezuelan businesspeople.
Maduro: In the face of threats, Trinidad and Tobago agreed to suspend all effects of the energy agreement and everything that had been agreed upon in that regard.
Maduro: It’s time to make a choice, either stand with the warmongers who want death and violence, or stand with life.
Maduro: They want our wealth. This is not about drug trafficking, and they know it.
Maduro: Everyone in the world knows that what the economic elite ruling the United States seeks today is Venezuela’s oil, gas, and gold.
Maduro: The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago is complicit and promoting war due to her personal, physical, mental, and moral weaknesses.
President Nicolás Maduro: A series of arrests have been carried out against what could be a group of mercenaries trained and funded by the CIA.

Tens of thousands in UK on the wait for cancer treatment

  • By Al Mayadeen Net
  • Source: Agencies
  • 2 May 2022 14:51
3 Min Read

The UK's shortage of staff is not helping cancer patients' situation.

  • x
  • The staff shortage in the UK worsened with the pandemic.
    The staff shortage in the UK worsened with the pandemic.

According to NHS figures, tens of thousands of patients are still waiting to start cancer treatment in England due to the disruption of the healthcare system during the pandemic, as medical charities demanded that the government tackle staff shortage in the health service.

Upon the rise of the pandemic in 2020, cancer referrals decreased - however, in the past year, the number of people being screened for cancer bounced back, rising from 2.4 million to 2.66 million, according to NHS England and NHS Improvement.

However, while referrals have surged, the number of patients getting treatment for the disease has risen modestly, from 313,000 pre-COVID to 315,000 in the past year, according to figures.

“We have seen record numbers of people coming forward for checks in the last year, but we know there are still at least 30,000 who haven’t started treatment due to the pandemic, so it’s vital that we keep these referral rates high,” Dame Cally Palmer, the national cancer director for NHS England, said

Related News

UK NHS doctor grieves nephew slain at Gaza food distribution point

England’s hospitals may cut 100,000+ jobs amid cost-cutting directives

The NHS has so far been spending double on cancer awareness campaigns, investing in cancer symptom hotlines, mobile clinics, and one-stop shops for cancer checks, aiming to spot cancer within its early stages when surgical removal of tumors is often successful. 

However, while the numbers suggest progress, medical charities have their criticisms: It is important that the government fix the chronic understaffing issue in hospitals and clinics and work on increasing the number of cancer specialists in the NHS.

“It is reassuring to see record numbers of people coming forward with cancer symptoms for these lifesaving checks. However, people living with cancer are often missing out on crucial care as a result of chronic NHS understaffing," Minesh Patel, the head of policy at Macmillan Cancer Support, said.

“To avoid putting further pressure on hardworking doctors and nurses, it’s vital the government includes steps in the upcoming 10-Year Cancer Plan to grow the number of cancer professionals, so that people living with cancer receive the quality and timely care they desperately need,” he said.

Last month, MPs in the House of Commons health and social care committee criticized the government's failure in dealing with staff shortage in the NHS, arguing and warning that hundreds of thousands of cancer patients in the UK are subject to late diagnoses, which reduces survival rates. 

Between 2019 and 2028, 340,000 patients would be denied early cancer diagnosis. 

  • Cancer
  • Cancer patients
  • cancer treatment
  • United Kingdom
  • NHS

Most Read

'Israel’s Digital Iron Dome: Weaponizing the web against Palestine

'Israel’s Digital Iron Dome: Weaponizing the web against Palestine

  • Technology
  • 24 Oct 2025
Arab League chief exposes secret US deal shielding 'Israel’s' nukes

Arab League chief exposes secret US deal shielding 'Israel’s' nukes

  • Politics
  • 27 Oct 2025
Abu Hamza, the spokesperson for the Al-Quds Brigades, during a speech televised on October 22, 2025 (Al-Quds Brigades Military Media)

Al-Quds Brigades' Abu Hamza mourns leaders, vows continued resistance

  • Politics
  • 22 Oct 2025
US missionary kidnapped in Niger capital, suspected taken toward Mali

US missionary kidnapped in Niger capital, suspected taken toward Mali

  • Africa
  • 23 Oct 2025

Coverage

All
War on Gaza

Read Next

All
Delta Air Lines flight lands at Harry Reid International Airport, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Las Vegas (AP)
Politics

Nearly 3,800 US flights disrupted amid ongoing government shutdown

FILE - The Amazon logo is pictured at the Amazon Robotic Sorting Fulfillment Center in Madison County, Miss., Aug. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Economy

Amazon to cut 30,000 jobs in largest layoff in company history

Eurofighter Typhoon Spain's Air Force fighter jets fly above the military parade marking 'Día de la Hispanidad', or Hispanic Day, in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP)
Politics

UK sells 20 Eurofighter jets to Türkiye in £8bn defense agreement

Smoke billows after drone strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted the northern port in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, Sudan, May 6, 2025 (AP)
Politics

RSF tightens El Fasher siege as Sudan risks fragmentation: Reuters

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS