Cancer patients missed out on tests during UK coronavirus lockdown

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NHS urges people not to miss out on vital diagnosis, tests and treatments as pandemic unfolds

Huge numbers of people with suspected cancer were not referred to hospital for urgent checks or did not have a test during the first month of the lockdown, prompting fears that late diagnosis of the disease will reduce some patients’ chances of survival.

 

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Do you mean the lock down that you and your readers have been supporting? And complaining that it wasn't implemented earlier?

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