Submitted on Thursday 26th March 2020
Rejected on Monday 11th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Review the proposal to stop the chemotherapy of cancer patient due to Covid 19
The government is planning to stop the chemotherapy of cancer patients for at least two weeks. to reduced transmission of Covid 19 infections.
We are advising people to stay at home to reduce the mortality due to covid 19 but this action would increase the mortality rate of patients dying from cancer.
We cannot solve a problem with another problem. I do not think for a second that stopping the chemotherapy of patients with cancer would be the solution for fighting Covid 19.
In some cancer patient, Stopping the chemotherapy would not be a big deal but in some patientsl stopping the chemotherapy means a lot in surviving or dying.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about ongoing medical treatment are a matter for NHS England and individual NHS trusts, not the Government or Parliament.
The NHS has provided advice to NHS trusts stating that essential and urgent cancer treatments must continue: www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/03/C0119-_Maintaining-cancer-services-_-letter-to-trusts.pdf
Decisions about how to act on this guidance will be a matter for individual trusts.
Cancer Research UK has also published guidance on coronavirus and cancer, which you might find helpful: www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/coronavirus-and-cancer
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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