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Spinning cancer care targets is shameful – Daisy Cooper

By | Tue 8th February 2022 - 3:52 pm

The Liberal Democrats have slammed Boris Johnson for having “nothing new to offer” as it emerges several of the cancer treatment targets announced today are simply re-announcements of existing policies. Commenting, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said:

Cancer treatment is a matter of life and death for thousands of people yet Boris Johnson clearly has nothing new to offer.

This pathetic rehashing of old pledges for the unprecedented challenge we face is an insult to the millions of frightened cancer patients and their families.

Johnson needs to understand that there are lives on the line right now – and that’s bigger than saving his job.

The Government won’t solve this issue without a serious plan to increase hospital beds and fill the 100,000 staffing vacancies that are crippling our NHS.

In remarks to the Guardian, Daisy said:

Spinning something as vital as how quickly someone is diagnosed with cancer is shameful. Cancer is a terrible disease, not a PR opportunity for a desperate and embattled prime minister.

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2 Comments

  • Helen Dudden 8th Feb '22 - 6:48pm

    This situation has been allowed to worsen.
    How inhuman that its been allowed to happen. Anyone, who has experienced cancer and understands the need to give life saving treatment as soon as possible, will understand my comments.
    Obviously, those dragging out the present long waits for NHS treatment have little compassion.

  • Duncan Greenland 9th Feb '22 - 11:14am

    It is scandalous that the UK cancer treatment targets – and treatment outcomes – compare so badly with what is achieved in other European countries with roughly comparable levels of per capita GDP..We are encouraged to feel proud of our NHS,but that should not prevent rigorous analysis of where the system falls way short of what is achieved elsewhere.

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