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Scotland facing 'tsunami' of cancer deaths as NHS reduces number of operations due to pandemic

24.08.2020 - 06:51

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cancer deaths" with the party claiming that some 10,000 people with the disease may miss out on surgery over the next two years.The party's health spokeswoman Monica Lennon raised her concerns about the impact a reduction in operations would have - branding the move "wrongheaded".With NHS surgery to run at 60% of capacity over the next two years as a result of the pandemic, Labour fears the number of cancer patients having operations could fall from more than 12,000 a year to about 7,000.Lennon said: "Scotland is facing a tsunami of cancer deaths if SNP ministers go ahead with their planned cuts to operations."She called on health secretary Jeane Freeman to "live up to her responsibilities now and give cancer patients the care they.