Published:
3:03 PM May 28, 2021
Highgate resident Sam Jukes-Adams has backed the local NHS drive - based on her own story
- Credit: Adam Scott/NHS
An NHS campaign launched this week encouraging local residents to act on symptoms that may be a sign of cancer.
The North Central London Cancer Alliance (NCLCA), covering Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington, is urging people to “act early” so they can get screening and treatment – if required – as quickly as possible.
Figures from the Centre for Cancer Outcomes estimate 950 “missing” diagnoses across the five boroughs between April 2020 to January 2021, compared to pre-pandemic levels.
Highgate resident Sam Jukes-Adams is a case in point. She received her cervical screening invitation letter last May but initially ignored it for fear of taking up the NHS’ time, and her worries over going to the GP at the height of the pandemic.
Published:
3:03 PM May 28, 2021
Highgate resident Sam Jukes-Adams has backed the local NHS drive - based on her own story
- Credit: Adam Scott/NHS
An NHS campaign launched this week encouraging local residents to act on symptoms that may be a sign of cancer.
The North Central London Cancer Alliance (NCLCA), covering Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington, is urging people to “act early” so they can get screening and treatment – if required – as quickly as possible.
Figures from the Centre for Cancer Outcomes estimate 950 “missing” diagnoses across the five boroughs between April 2020 to January 2021, compared to pre-pandemic levels.
Highgate resident Sam Jukes-Adams is a case in point. She received her cervical screening invitation letter last May but initially ignored it for fear of taking up the NHS’ time, and her worries over going to the GP at the height of the pandemic.
According to North London Partners in Health and Care documents, a “key concern” in the local system is the deficit of breast screenings. As these would largely find early stage cancer, doctors are concerned they will not present until the cancer has advanced to a later stage.
NCL medics have stressed that all those people needing urgent treatment have received it, with the backlog of patients currently requiring treatment in fact low, as referrals from GPs are down.
The “pent-up demand”, according to North London Partners, is in patients in the community who have not come forward yet.
High priority cancer surgery has continued at University College Hospital as well as at private facilities including the Wellington, the Princess Grace and Harley Street Clinic. Imaging, outpatients for cancer, chemotherapy and radiotherapy also continued – the latter two services despite a “significant” level of Covid-related staff absence and redeployment.
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It s hoped that the home testing kits will cut cancer deaths
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