The Independent – Cancer care hit by perfect storm of NHS shortages
The Independent leads with an exclusive saying patients are at risk as thousands of radiology scans held up by a shortage of chemicals used to track conditions such as prostate and bone cancers – due to slowdown of EU imports, lack of funds and closure of critical labs.
The front page features a large image of the Paralympics Team GB and deep dives into the success of this year’s Paralympics – with a massive 49 gold medals across the 11 days of competition.
Cancer care hit by ‘perfect storm’ of NHS shortages
Patients are at risk as thousands of radiology scans are being held up by a shortage of chemicals used to track conditions such as prostate and bone cancers due to a slowdown of imports, lack of funds and closure of critical labs.
Hospital trusts across the country in areas including Oxford, Bath and London all issued alerts this year over shortages of radioactive material, which led to scans being delayed or cancelled.
In one instance, hundreds of urgent radiology cancer scans were delayed when two major UK laboratories – one in Wales and one on the south coast of England – closed for three months.
A combination of these closures due to lack of staff and funding, as well as faltering imports from the EU has led to a “perfect storm” of supply shortages, health chiefs have warned.
Jilly Croasdale, president of the British Nuclear Medicine Society (BNMS), and Dr Katharine Halliday, president of the Royal College of Radiologists, both raised concerns.
The success of Great Britain’s Paralympics cannot be measured in medals alone
In terms of weather, they’ve had the worst summer in nearly 140 years here in Paris, which is perhaps why Britain’s Paralympians felt so at home.
Once again, they outperformed their expectations as the fashionable colours of the season have been gold, silver, and bronze for their red, white, and blue.
They won 124 medals – exactly the same as Tokyo three years ago – but eight more golds, 49 across the 11 days of competition.
Charlotte Henshaw and Laura Sugar added the final golds, in the KL2 and KL3 women’s kayak respectively. Both set Paralympic records, in a fitting end to a golden Games for ParalympicsGB.
While some nations have trained a laser-like focus on just a handful of sports, Britain’s strength remains their range, medals were won in 18 of the 19 events they contested and 117 athletes in the 215-strong squad are heading back on the Eurostar with something to declare.
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Editorial 09 September 2024.
Monday’s front pages continue to report on the backlash facing Keir Starmer and his government’s decision to scrap the winter fuel allowance. There are suggestions the government could face a rebellion in the Commons vote on Tuesday.
Elsewhere, other domestic stories make the front splash. The England football team and cricket news make up the back pages.