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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-11 06:08 PM
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Oh My - Cameron & Lansley caught lying about NHS and cancer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/nov/07/nhs-cancer-figures-cameron-lansley

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David Cameron and Andrew 's repeated criticisms of the NHS's record on cancer have been contradicted by new research that shows the health service to be an international leader in tackling the disease.

The findings challenge the government's claims that NHS failings on cancer contribute to 5,000-10,000 unnecessary cancer deaths a year, which ministers have used as a key reason for pushing through their radical shakeup of the service.

In fact the NHS in England and Wales has helped achieve the biggest drop in cancer deaths and displayed the most efficient use of resources among 10 leading countries worldwide, according to the study published in the British Journal of Cancer.


"These results challenge the feeble justification of the government's changes, which appear to be based upon overhyped media representation, rather than hard comparable evidence. This paper should be a real boost to cancer patients and their families because the NHS's performance on cancer is much better than the media presents. It challenges the government's assertion that the NHS is inefficient and ineffective at treating cancer – an argument for reforming the NHS," said Prof Colin Pritchard, a health academic at Bournemouth University.
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StarsInHerHair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-11 06:23 PM
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1. the scum are trying to use fear to destroy their own National Health Service
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-11 06:25 PM
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2. How else can they profit from our health problems
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StarsInHerHair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-11 07:16 PM
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3. & they have no right to profit off of any of us
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