Submitted on Sunday 26th April 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 7th July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Cancer treatment should not be in lockdown.
Don't stop cancer treatments during the Covid-19 pandemic, we are still fighting and would like the government to fight with us.
We would like the government to discuss the handling of care for cancer patients during the Covid-19 pandemic. Lots of cancer sufferers have had treatments cancelled or delayed. We understand the need to combat the spread but we do not agree that this should be to the detriment of treatment for cancer sufferers. We should be given the choice to go ahead with treatment, or not, and to expect precautions in place to protect the NHS and ourselves. Cancer does not go into lockdown.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about patient treatment are operational decisions for the NHS, not the Government or Parliament.
Since you started your petition the Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer of the NHS have updated their guidance to NHS Trusts: www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2020/04/second-phase-of-nhs-response-to-covid-19-letter-to-chief-execs-29-april-2020.pdf
The NHS has also updated it's information on cancer treatment to refer to advice from Macmillan and Cancer Research UK on coronavirus and cancer: www.nhs.uk/conditions/cancer/
We have published the following related petition, which you might like to sign:
Fund specialist hospitals for care of chronically ill during covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/313956
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 find 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: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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