I1L2T3 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Hang your heads in shame Cameron, Lansley, Blair and anybody else who helped plan the downfall of our great institution NHS cancer care I can certainly vouch for the quality of care. My dad is battling this dreadful disease and his care has been superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ sheffield Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Thats great news about the NHS Sorry to hear about your dad though, I hope everything turns out ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowersfade Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Excellent the NHS is always being criticised I am proud to be a part of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 Thats great news about the NHS Sorry to hear about your dad though, I hope everything turns out ok. Thanks AJ. I'm extremely proud of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ sheffield Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Thanks AJ. I'm extremely proud of him. Thats good to hear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Another story about the NHS from today's news: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8873586/NHS-blunders-have-killed-8000-patients-in-13-years-figures-show.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 Another story about the NHS from today's news: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8873586/NHS-blunders-have-killed-8000-patients-in-13-years-figures-show.html Problems do happen, as in all other health systems, even lavishly funded systems 60 fatal medical errors a week in Swiss hospitals The NHS is not unique in this respect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinz Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Another story about the NHS from today's news: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8873586/NHS-blunders-have-killed-8000-patients-in-13-years-figures-show.html The states doesn't fair to better either. http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=deaths-from-avoidable-medical-error-2009-08-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 The NHS has been "about to fail" ever since it's foundation, according to one source or another. About to fail? It fails people every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vague_Boy Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 To avoid any chance of current governmental political bias/agenda accusations, here's a BBC story from 2008. Huge gap in world cancer survival The study showed the US had the highest five-year survival rates for breast cancer at 83.9% and prostate cancer at 91.9%. Japan came out best for male colon and rectal cancers, at 63% and 58.2% respectively, while France fared best for women with those cancers at 60.1% and 63.9%. The UK had 69.7% survival for breast cancer, just above 40% for colon and rectal cancer for both men and women and 51.1% for prostate cancer. There were also large regional variations within the UK, which were linked to differences in access to care and ability of patients to navigate the local health services. Both are directly linked to deprivation. A Department of Health spokesman said the report covered patients diagnosed between 1990 and 1994. "Since that time, cancer survival rates in England have been steadily improving for but we accept that there is further work to do to reduce the gap between us and the rest of northern and western Europe and America." LINK Presumably David Cameron and Andrew Lansley planted that story 3 years ago in anticipation of winning the 2010 election? UK cancer survival rates 'the worst in the Western world' [The Mail] Why do the UK's cancer survival rates still lag behind the rest of Europe? [The Guardian] UK cancer survival rates lag behind other countries [bBC News] NHS record on cancer survival rates criticised by MPs [The Guardian] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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