Record waiting times for cancer treatment in the UK whilst King Charles begins treatment within days of diagnosis
Record waiting times for cancer treatment in the UK whilst King Charles begins treatment within days of diagnosis
Exclusive: As NHS targets are being missed nearly 300,000 people paid for chemotherapy in last five years
In other news: water is wet. I think we all knew that Charles wouldn't have to go through the same pains us common British folk do in regards to accessing healthcare. But nonetheless I think it's important to continue to highlight these ever growing class divisions in the UK, such as those between people who can afford private healthcare and people who have to rely on our public services. People in positions of authority and power in our country do not understand the struggles of everyday British people.
My TL;DR:
Charles is already receiving expert care for his cancer within days of diagnosis. His speedy treatment should draw fresh attention to the long cancer treatment waiting times that most British people experience with the NHS.
The proportion of patients in England waiting less than 62 days from an urgent suspected cancer referral or consultant upgrade to their first definitive treatment for cancer is 65.2%.
Amid growing frustration at NHS waiting lists, record numbers of people are paying for private healthcare. Nearly 300,000 people in the UK have paid for chemotherapy in the last five years.
Survival rates for cancer in the UK lag behind those of other European countries for nine out of 10 of the most common types of the disease.
Researchers said cancer waiting times across the country were among the worst on record, too many cancers were diagnosed at a late stage, and access to treatment was unequal.
Buckingham Palace has not specified whether the king is receiving private healthcare or being treated on the National Health Service.
This is all intentional. They can't outright privatise the NHS without major outcry so they've made it unusable for as many as possible.
“That's the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital.” — Noam Chomsky.
Just to add to this, there's been quite a lot of public services which have been privatised in the UK by the Conservative party, for example water (1989), railways (1994 - 1997) and more recently the Royal Mail (2014). All of these services are in absolutely terrible states today, privatisation didn't make them better. And yet it seems we are not learning from history and continue to vote in the Conservatives anyway. I do really worry about the future of the NHS.
Indeed. As a Yank who always has to pay for healthcare anyway, it's easy to see the parallels in labor/employment, civil rights, and financial security: We're facing a global regressive movement from the political right, and those people have no scruples. They absolutely want to claw back every single gain the general public has made in rights and benefits over the last 75 years, and making benefits unpopular is the first step to privatizing them.
Never forget the NHS, warts and all, is a thing that we Americans would die to have, and for want of it many of us too often literally do.
An anecdote for anyone in the UK that is leaning towards abolishing or privatizing your NHS.
I had an appendectomy last year, you know, a surgery that something like 40% of the population will need at some point in their lifetime.
It cost me $7000, with "decent" insurance (UHC to be clear).
The final bill pre-insurance was a smidge under $170.000.
You guys need to burn the Tories down before you end up with the same system. The USA's healthcare system should be considered an example of what not to do, not a goal to strive for.
The Conservatives did that. I don't think Charles actually likes them much.
Does anyone care about major outcries in UK anymore? What do they ever achieve?
People forget and move on after a couple weeks of anger
The Tories haven't recovered in the polls since partygate and Truss, something has finally stuck.
I don't know what you mean people are still very angry about all this, but we're not going to have riots in the street over it. I kind of wish we would in a sort of way, but realistically simply voting the idiots out is probably the best way to deal with the problem.
Of course Labour have their own issues but I feel like their issues that might actually be fixable, whereas the Tories just don't care.
I'm still waiting for the follow-up on the Panama Papers.
It's good to be the king
Very similar to the vibes of that coronation photo where he is riding in a golden carriage over a ruined street where every pothole is hastily filled with sand.
A proper leader would ensure all of his subjects are treated before him. If he wishes to speed his own process he should fix the system, not circumvent or commandeer it.
Perhaps the waiting times for homeopathic treatment are a lot shorter?
Do we know if Charles is undergoing homeopathic treatment?
It's entirely possible. He is fond of it, and has a dedicated 'path
I'll say my usual thing about homeopathy: It doesn't directly help conditions. But belief in the treatment can have beneficial outcomes.
In the same way your mum bringing you your favourite chocolate bar might help.
Oh, maybe he's is not being treated on the island meaning Britain, ... but that other one where doctors regularly fly in.
This country and the people who run it is a fucking joke. This is no different to Victorian era shit, except we’re supposed to be more civilised nowadays and accept these freeloaders to get preferential treatment? Fuck off, paid thieves is what they are.
Of course he didn't have to wait he's probably going private, which other people could do too. This isn't an issue of him being a king, and everything to do with him being rich.
Critical support to his cancer in its heroic war against this filthy monarch
Ah ca ira! ca ira! Ah ca ira!
He’s the monarch…. I’m … not surprised in the least.
Banish the monarchy if you want to complain.
Banishing the monarchy won't help the problem of long waiting lists though. At least is has brought the issue to the front page and people are aware of the seriousness of the problem. Let's hope they vote for a party that will do something about it in the next elections
It would be nice if you could abstain from paying a proportion of tax to the monarchy and making it opt-in to support it
But he's such a stand-up guy. We should totally stop everything and treat this manchild. After all, what would we do without him??
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Hundreds of thousands of cancer patients in the UK are being forced to pay for private treatment amid record NHS waiting times, according to data obtained by the Guardian.
Amid growing frustration at NHS waiting lists, record numbers of people are paying for private healthcare.
On Monday, the king spent the night at his Clarence House home near Buckingham Palace after beginning a series of outpatient treatments within days of his diagnosis.
The cancer was discovered when Charles stayed three nights last month in the London Clinic, an exclusive private hospital in Marylebone, where he underwent a corrective procedure for a benign enlarged prostate.
“It is vital that people come forward if they are concerned about cancer symptoms – getting checked early saves lives,” a spokesperson added.
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I'd be more annoyed if a rich guy didn't use private healthcare tbh.
If we banned private healthcare the rich would have an incentive to make socialised healthcare better.
Perhaps, but then you'd have a canada situation.
Head of State: Receives treatment for cancer
Everyone else: Angry
It's all very well going on about the widening wealth divide, the head of state is going to get priority treatment no matter how long or short the waiting lists are
Are we going to pretend he isn't head of state because of the womb he came out of?
"The monarch, because of his blood lineage, will get priority treatment no matter how long or short the peasant waiting lists are" doesn't have the same ring.
It's not even about him, they bury this in a story about class struggle so they can repeat the narrative that the NHS is "in crisis," as if it just magically happens and not because politicians are purposefully crippling it.
Who is "they"? The Guardian (where the linked article is from) has often published articles about how the Conservatives are destroying the NHS.
the head of state is going to get priority treatment no matter how long or short the waiting lists are
Yes, that's the problem...