{"id":1119257,"date":"2021-12-14T19:14:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T00:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1119257"},"modified":"2021-12-14T19:14:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T00:14:39","slug":"uk-vaccine-push-could-leave-up-to-5000-cancer-cases-undiagnosed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-vaccine-push-could-leave-up-to-5000-cancer-cases-undiagnosed\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Vaccine Push Could Leave Up to 5,000 Cancer Cases Undiagnosed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuk-vaccine-push-could-leave-up-to-5000-cancer-cases-undiagnosed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1119257&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1215439599-e1639482356408-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Up to 5,000 cancer cases a month could be missed in the UK as a result of the government\u2019s vaccination push.<\/p>\n<p>Around 5,000 undiagnosed cases of cancer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2021\/12\/13\/five-thousand-cancers-month-could-missed-gps-axe-routine-checks\/\">may be missed each month<\/a> as a result of the UK government\u2019s new Covid booster programme.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The British government has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/13\/health-sec-admits-medical-appointments-postponed-boriss-boosters\/\">redirected<\/a> general practitioners (GPs) away from their normal services as part of their new COVID booster campaign, with GPs being told to delay all non-urgent appointments in order to have more time to put more jabs in arms. While hospitals have also been told to axe some supposedly non-urgent surgeries.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the subject, Health Secretary Sajid Javid admitted that there would be disruptions to normal services, and that GPs \u201cwill only be focusing on urgent needs and vaccination\u201d and some supposedly non-urgent surgeries \u201cmay have to be postponed\u201d in order for doctors to prioritise administering boosters.<\/p>\n<p>Javid emphasised that, despite the plan, cancer patients would be completely unaffected, and that anyone with cancer symptoms would still be able to be checked within two weeks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>However, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2021\/12\/13\/five-thousand-cancers-month-could-missed-gps-axe-routine-checks\/\">report<\/a> by&nbsp;<em>The Telegraph<\/em>, around 5,000 cases of cancer a month are only detected after a referral from a GP, during appointments in which cancer is not suspected. As a result, it is feared that the government\u2019s deferment of non-urgent surgeries could result in a number of these cases going undetected.<\/p>\n<p>The National Audit Office has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/01\/between-240000-and-740000-potential-cancer-cases-missed-during-uk-lockdown-audit-office\/\">estimated<\/a> that between&nbsp;240,000 and 740,000 patients had missed urgent GP referrals for suspected cancer cases during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople affected by cancer can\u2019t afford any more delays,\u201d the head of public affairs and campaigning at Cancer Research UK, Shaun Walsh, told&nbsp;<em>The Telegraph<\/em>. \u201cNHS leaders must protect cancer services and ensure that everyone gets the diagnosis and treatment they need for the best chance of survival, because cancer won\u2019t wait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walsh also urged people to \u201ckeep trying\u201d to get an appointment with a GP if they are worried that they might have cancer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.7777777777778\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UK Health Secretary: Covid Passes Will Be Cancelled Unless You Get a Booster Jab <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UCiGJ5I8mi\">https:\/\/t.co\/UCiGJ5I8mi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1470450695979552785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>As part of the government\u2019s expansion of its booster programme, it was announced last month that the amount paid to GPs for administering vaccines would be increased, with GPs now to be paid up to \u00a330 per jab.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, those who refuse a booster are set to eventually have their Covid Passes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/13\/uk-health-secretary-covid-passes-will-be-cancelled-unless-you-get-a-booster-jab\/\">cancelled<\/a>, even if they had previously been considered fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the cancellations, Javid said that the exemption from showing a lateral flow test for various services would be restricted to only those who have been boosted \u201conce all adults have had a reasonable chance to get their booster jab\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson has also hinted at the possibility that vaccination against the Chinese coronavirus could be made mandatory in the UK, calling for a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/09\/conservatives-rebel-over-bojos-vax-mandate-political-suicide\/\">national conversation<\/a>\u201d to be had on the topic.<\/p>\n<p>The suggestion has caused outrage amongst conservatives, including those within government, with the health secretary claiming that the measure would not be implemented despite the prime minister\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got no interest in mandatory vaccination,\u201d Javid said. \u201cI think ethically it\u2019s wrong, but also at a very practical level, it just wouldn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday night, Parliament voted in favour of making vaccination mandatory for NHS staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up to 5,000 cancer cases a month could be missed in the UK as a result of the government\u2019s vaccination push. Around 5,000 undiagnosed cases of cancer may be missed &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":297,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1119257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1119257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1119257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1119257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1119257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}