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If we had had law-making powers, these extra rights for carers would have been in place for 12 months now
by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail
Feb 28 2011
The referendum this week will decide whether Wales’ law-making powers should be extended. Health Editor Madeleine Brindley looks at the current long process to get laws passed in Wales and its impact on the public
IN THE weeks leading up to the 2007 National Assembly election, Plaid Cymru AM Helen Mary Jones met a group of carers at a hustings event.
A “feisty” man in the crowd told her not to just heap platitudes on the hundreds of thousands of carers who work tirelessly and anonymously in the background.
Flipping heck! The pancake race is on
Flipping heck! The pancake race is on
A NORTHUMBERLAND peer will be flipping pancakes for charity next month.
Lord Redesdale will compete in this year’s Rehab Parliamentary Pancake Race, which will take place outside the Houses of Parliament on Shrove Tuesday, March 8.
Rehab works with thousands of people with disabilities, older people and others with brain injuries, spinal injuries and mental health difficulties, to enable them to achieve independence and remain active citizens in their communities, and to undertake training and education.
One in four cancer patients ‘sent away by GPs’
One in four cancer patients with early signs of illness are being sent away by their GPs or wrongly diagnosed with minor ailments, a new report has found.
By Andrew Hough 7:00AM GMT 28 Feb 2011
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Researchers found tens of thousands of patients are being forced to make repeated trips to their doctors before being given correct diagnosis.
Despite showing early signs of cancer, many were told there was nothing to fear and were sent home armed with advice to only take painkillers or antibiotics.
The study, published by the Rarer Cancers Foundation, concluded that a quarter of patients were only diagnosed once the disease had spread to other organs, by which time it was often terminal. Many patients told researchers how their symptoms were misinterpreted by GPs and were dismissed as minor.
Experts blamed late diagnosis for what was described as high death rates and say many tumours were spotted too late for treatment. Figures show that Britain has one of the lowest cancer survival rates in Europe despite billions of pounds in treatment investment.
The Office for National Statistics recently found that the cancer death rate among British women was higher than in countries such as France, Italy and Portugal
Britain has national screening programmes for only three types of cancer: cervical, bowel and breast cancer. Tests are not yet accurate enough for other forms of the disease.
