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Matt Hancock, what is your opinion of his Cancer treatment speech? *edited by MNHQ at OP's request*

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GalaxyCookieCrumble · 06/10/2020 18:31

Is anyone else as angry as me right now over what that absolute to&&er has just said regarding cancer patients ? I'm actually scared of what is unfolding. He is truly evil.

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OpheliasCrayon · 06/10/2020 18:32

What's he said OP? I've not seen

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GalaxyCookieCrumble · 06/10/2020 18:36

@OpheliasCrayon

What's he said OP? I've not seen

He has said Cancer patients will only be guaranteed treatment of Covid stays under control, and that patients will die because of it, he is not even empathetic, lacks any kind of sincerity, compassion, but literally does not give a dam. I am shocked at why everyone is sitting back allowing this to happen. I tell you something this is not right, he need to be sacked, I despise him.

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GalaxyCookieCrumble · 06/10/2020 18:37

*If, not of.

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Oneandzero · 06/10/2020 18:37

What’s the actual quote? Rather than you giving us your version

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 06/10/2020 18:38

@Oneandzero

What’s the actual quote? Rather than you giving us your version
I’d like to see that too.
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GalaxyCookieCrumble · 06/10/2020 18:39

From his speech in Parliament this afternoon. He obviously did not say he does not give a dam, but go watch it yourself, he clearly does not.

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Mandelinka · 06/10/2020 18:39

I absolutely despise him. Evil fcer.

Newjez · 06/10/2020 18:40

If the NHS is overloaded, it stands to reason that other services will suffer. That's not Hancock's fault. It's the fault of the sanctimonious wankers who don't take the virus seriously.

Newjez · 06/10/2020 18:42

I'll just add I'm certainly not a Tory fan or a Hancock fan.
But people need to be responsible, and it's clear from many comments on the threads on here, especially the holiday ones, that people don't give a damn.

Winter shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone.

OpheliasCrayon · 06/10/2020 18:43

I hated him before..... If this is true then I hate him even more. What's wrong with people????

Oneandzero · 06/10/2020 18:43

* He said: 'It’s critical for everybody to understand that the best way to keep cancer services running is to suppress the disease, and the more the disease is under control the more we can both recover and continue with cancer treatments. *

And it’s only being reported in the scummy mail, sun, mirror etc

Oneandzero · 06/10/2020 18:44

He can’t “guarantee” that there won’t be cancellations.

Seems sensible to me not to guarantee

Lilybet1980 · 06/10/2020 18:45

He’s just being honest. It’s a warning. The longer this goes on the more cancer (and other nhs) patients will suffer.

Not pleasant to hear but it’s certainly not him wishing all cancer patients were dead.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 06/10/2020 18:46

Well what he’s said is currently then surely? Of course there won’t be the resources for other illnesses if COVID runs riot.

ScrapThatThen · 06/10/2020 18:49

At the height of the pandemic my Dad's cancer consultants would have had to make the choice between having him in for a procedure that might benefit him, but might infect him with COVID, or delaying it. There wasn't a right answer because both courses of action were risky. A pandemic disrupts life. It is a statement of fact.

Of course this time we know more, but really how does that help us? COVID free hospitals? Well, due to asymptomatic spread that's not going to help a lot.

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GalaxyCookieCrumble · 06/10/2020 18:52

@Newjez

If the NHS is overloaded, it stands to reason that other services will suffer. That's not Hancock's fault. It's the fault of the sanctimonious wankers who don't take the virus seriously.
It should not even come down to be overloaded, the NHS has purposely been dragged down to the ground since this Government came into power. The NHS should not be prioritising Covid over anything else, they should be treating all. Years of cuts and austerity and plain incompetence is now killing millions of people, but yes your quick to blame the public when there kids are sent back to school with infections spreading through, it's not acceptable that this absolute shit shower of a Government have been so inept, but to state this today?? As a nurse this is just upset me so much, no one life is more important than someone else's, everyone has the right to treatment, but all he is doing is to force cancer patients to now pay privately for their treatment, all part of the plan to privatise the NHS using Covid as an excuse to do it.
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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 06/10/2020 18:57

Well yes, NHS years of cuts etc, but that’s not Matt Hancock’s fault.

Runmybathforme · 06/10/2020 18:58

How does that statement make him ‘ evil ‘ ? He was simply stating a fact. If people don’t stick to the rules, don’t have their flu jabs, the health service will suffer. Resources are finite .

alreadytaken · 06/10/2020 18:59

I'm not a fan of Matt Hancock - but what do you expect? Every single person in hospital with Covid deprives someone else of care - and probably more than one as Covid patients take up a bed for longer. Thn there is the risk of the staff needing to self isolate.

If you want to be able to get health care if you need it do your best not to qualify for a Darwin award www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/healthy-man-29-sends-coronavirus-22744961

Jourdain11 · 06/10/2020 19:00

I think a person needs to have some personality and capacity for independent thought in order to be evil...

Lilybet1980 · 06/10/2020 19:00

I don’t think it’s reasonable to assume that the nhs should be resourced constantly to be able to cope with a pandemic. That would not make sense at all and would lead to a lot of wasted resources. What it should be able to do is respond quickly (which it partly did with the nightingale hospitals).

There are certainly things the government could do better and there’s no doubt they have cut the nhs to the bare bones, but there is no way that services would not have been impacted to some extent anyway.

Whitney168 · 06/10/2020 19:01

'It’s critical for everybody to understand that the best way to keep cancer services running is to suppress the disease, and the more the disease is under control the more we can both recover and continue with cancer treatments.'

Sounds factual and realistic to me? (And I've just spent the afternoon at the hospice with my Mum ...)

FourTeaFallOut · 06/10/2020 19:02

Oh fgs. 🙄

He's evil because he is telling you that the NHS is about to be hit with a double whammy of covid and flu which will have unintended and catastrophic consequences for those who require other life saving treatments?

It's just how it is. What is the alternative given the available resources?

halcyondays · 06/10/2020 19:06

Sadly some people have already died after catching Covid while in hospital being treated for cancer.

Obviously the best thing for anyone seeking any kind of hospital treatment is to get the number of covid cases down.

Lilybet1980 · 06/10/2020 19:06

[quote alreadytaken]I'm not a fan of Matt Hancock - but what do you expect? Every single person in hospital with Covid deprives someone else of care - and probably more than one as Covid patients take up a bed for longer. Thn there is the risk of the staff needing to self isolate.

If you want to be able to get health care if you need it do your best not to qualify for a Darwin award www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/healthy-man-29-sends-coronavirus-22744961[/quote]
He has a lot to say for someone in intensive care!