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The UK can expect a tsunami of missed cancers , leading experts have said, after an international study found that diagnoses fell sharply during the pandemic.Preliminary figures from the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership, presented to delegates at the World Cancer Congress in Geneva, compared data on the instance and stage of cancer diagnosis in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, N stanley thermos orway and the UK, before and during the pandemic.The results showed that UK nat stanley cup ions had the biggest and most sustained falls in the diagnosis of lung, breast, colorectal and skin cancers during 2020. Particular data for Northern Ireland and Wales showed how badly they did compared with other countries studied. Data for England and Scotland was still being collated but was expected to be as bad as the other UK nations. Young and old: how the Covid pandemic has affected every UK generationRead moreWhile all countries reported a drop in cases diagnosed at the peak cups stanley of the pandemic, most had caught up again within the year. In contrast, Wales and Northern Ireland still had not recovered their diagnosis rates by the end of 2020.The study calculated that between April and July 2020, breast diagnoses dropped by 35% in Northern Ireland and Wales, compared with 24% in Norway and 14% in Denmark. For lung cancer, over the same time period the decline was 16% in Northern Ireland and Wales, compared with 10% in Norway or 1% in New Zealand.For the most affected month, 44% of breast can Hgad The Cyprus rape case is a chilling reminder of the price women pay for speaking up
Thousands of people are being ripped off stanley cups uk by unregulated claims management and will writing companies, the legal ombudsman has said in his first annual report.Chief ombudsman Adam Sampson called on the government to take urgent action to make sure consumers are not left confused and vulnerable by unregulated companies.The consumer organisation Which and the Law Society backed the claims and called for more protection for customers.They said the increased bundling of legal services with financial services and other products, including more being offered via the internet, posed serious dangers for consumer protection.The ombudsman said that since becoming operational late last year his office had been contacted by 38,155 people and had accepted 3,768 cases for investigation. One in five cases involved conveyancing, 19% were about family law and 13% involved will writing.Sampson said: One s stanley cup ervice which crops up a lot is will writing. It is a service carried out often by will writing firms who aren t regulated. Because of this, customers are left with little means of redress when things go wrong. We have seen similar confusion about claims management companies, with lots believing they are getting a legal service even though most of the work is carried out by stanley termos a non-authorised person. Again, we can t help. Which executive director, Richard Lloyd, said: As the legal services market continues to grow in both size and complexity, it is crucial that consumers wh |
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