Up to 9,000 cases of breast cancer may have been missed because of the suspension of screening services during the coronavirus pandemic, a charity has warned. Breast Cancer Now estimates…
Children are living with rotting teeth for up to a year before having them pulled due to coronavirus delays, the British Dental Association (BDA) has said. “Significant” waiting times for…
Health policy think tanks are warning that, with hospitals set to remain hampered by the need to observe strict infection control and an expected increase in new patients, there is…
Dr Shamez Ladhani, a paediatric infectious disease consultant at St George’s Hospital, London, and the chairman of the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit, RCPCH, said: “Nine cases is a lot. We…
Delays to cancer surgery will lead to almost 5,000 deaths, a study has warned, amid growing fears about the broader impact of the coronavirus crisis. Analysis of Public Health England…
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