, - cancer referrals yes, from the national audit office, this - cancere, this pandemic has had huge knock on effect, the so—called indirect harm, and one of thoseis so—called indirect harm, and one of those is seen in cancer care, delays for treatment and also, delays getting treatment from routine operations such as knee and hip replacement. the national audit office says tackling the backlog in these areas will require huge and lengthy effort. the number of check ups for cancer that are being done, are done by may be more than 700,000, as people have been deterred from coming forward for check ups, or they struggled to access service, particularly early on in the pandemic. you would normally expect these to result in 35-60,000 normally expect these to result in 35—60,000 new diagnoses, these missing cancer cases means the disease is going to be spotted at later stage, disease is going to be spotted at laterstage, reducing disease is going to be spotted at later stage, reducing the chances of survival. then on routine operation, they said 5.8 million pe

the national audit office report shows where in the middle of the biggest cancer catastrophe ever. to hid the n. a chess. there is a deadly cocktail of delays across the board, a regional lottery of cancer inequality and to cro in cancer backlog. and it feels like the government and in a chest leaders have their heads and descend. and we've contacted n h s, england for comment. we'll let you know if we get a response. meantime, though, a spokesperson did release a statement earlier, admitting that the extra demands of treating corona virus victims of affected their ability to provide routine and non urgent care are early on r t. i talked a british microbiologist, professor simon clock. he says it all points to some difficult months ahead for hospitals. yeah, the number is far too high. it is surprising, but it's not surprising when we should have a backlog all throughout the cave it saga, which is lasted well for, for well, every year. and i was unable to deal with this normal case load. and arguably could have been even worse without the lock downs. so those cases are just going t

a leading cancer surgeon says the national audit office findings reflect the biggest cancer catastrophe ever. as a report also finds one in for cancer, patients have been on waiting lists for months and up to 60000, missed their 1st treatment due to lock downs and the threat of cove it. the report recognizes that the government's releasing extra funds to fight the problem, but medics warned that that is nowhere near enough. the national audit office report shows who are in the middle of the biggest cancer catastrophe ever hit the chess. there is a deadly cocktail of delays across the board, a breach in a lottery of cancer inequality and to growing cancer backlog. and it feels like the government and in a chest leaders have their heads in the sand. we have contacted an h. s. england for comment, and we'll let you know if we get a response spokesperson released a statement earlier. admitting that the extra demands of treating chronic virus victims have affected their ability to provide routine and non urgent care. british microbiologist, professor simon clark, says it all points to some d

the head of the national audit office, gareth davies.er. in scotland, the showers become more frequent later. in the east of scotland, the best of ve day's sunshine, and there will be breaks in england and northern ireland. through this evening, a spell of heavy rain in the southern counties and wales. and the southern counties and wales. and the cold air will be fighting its way back tomorrow morning. some wintry showers across scotland to begin with, even to lower levels. elsewhere after some early rain in east anglia and the midlands, sunshine here, but there will be showers across the country. most frequent in the west. and it's going to feel colder again in the breeze. let's bring you the sport now. good morning. manchester united's new interim manager rang rangnick has been giving his first press conference this morning and said it was a role he couldn't turn down and that he is well acquainted with the premier league. you can read about what he had to say on our website. meanwhile, the team he has inherited moved up to seventh in

disgusting that at a time of a global pandemic when we should have been scrutinising more, and the national audit officet were actually creating a vip fast track lane. many companies who had huge amounts of experience who could have delivered on those contracts didn't even get a look in. rizwana hussain�*s company wasn't referred and didn't win any contracts. she says she felt frozen out. finding out that the government had a vip lane and the people who knew nothing about this industry were getting given ludicrous sized contracts was very disappointing for us. it's just not a level playing field then, is it? it's just not fair. the dhsc in england has said clandeboye agencies was not in the formal high priority lane, or hpl. but it concedes the company was prioritised because of how many gowns it was offering. and there's evidence that its offer had some vip names linked to it. the draft cabinet office report says clandeboye was supported by an nhs director in wales. and its local mp, dup south antrim representative paul girvan, was copied in to emails between clandeboye and government officials. mr gir

disgusting that at a time of a global pandemic when we should have been scrutinising more, and the national audit officernment were actually creating a vip fast track lane. many companies who had huge amounts of experience who could have delivered on those contracts didn't even get a look in. rizwana hussain�*s company wasn't referred and didn't win any contracts. she says she felt frozen out. finding out that the government had a vip lane and the people who knew nothing about this industry were getting given ludicrous sized contracts was very disappointing for us. it's just not a level playing field then, is it? it's just not fair. the dhsc in england has said clandeboye agencies was not in the formal high priority lane, or hpl. but it concedes the company was prioritised because of how many gowns it was offering. and there's evidence that its offer had some vip names linked to it. the draft cabinet office report says clandeboye was supported by an nhs director in wales. and its local mp, dup south antrim representative paul girvan, was copied in to emails between clandeboye and government officials. m

the national audit office report shows who are in the middle of the biggest cancer catastrophe ever hit the n h s. there is a deadly cocktail of delays across the board. a breach in a lottery of cancer inequality and growing cancer backlog. and it feels like the government and in a chest leaders have their heads in the sand. we've contacted the, an h. s. england for comment spokesperson really sustainment early though admitting the extra demands of treating corona virus victims of affected their ability to provide routine and non urgent care. sa, mcclark microbiologist says that all points to some difficult months ahead. foss bottles, i yeah, the number is far too high a. the surprising, but it's not surprising. we, we should have a box backlog all throughout the cave it saga, which is lasted well for, for, well, every year. and i was unable to deal with his normal case loads. and arguably could have been even worse without a lot downs. so those cases are just going to mount top it's, it's still going to be critical issue. the winter is always pi times dna testing lives. and i can see u

the government's spending watchdog, the national audit office, says the number of people on nhs waiting12 million in a little over three years. it also estimates that the number of referrals for suspected cancer made by gps in england during the pandemic is between a quarter of a million and three—quarters of a million fewer than would have been expected. our health correspondent nick triggle is with me. the topic of cancer is something we have discussed periodically throughout this pandemic, the impact that covid has had on so many conditions. explain what the nio is saying... conditions. explain what the nio is sa inc... . conditions. explain what the nio is sa in... . ., ., saying... the pandemic has had a knock-on effect _ saying... the pandemic has had a knock-on effect and _ saying... the pandemic has had a knock-on effect and there - saying... the pandemic has had a knock-on effect and there have . saying... the pandemic has had a i knock-on effect and there have been knock—on effect and there have been in direct national audit office was looking at both cancer services and delay

a leading cancer surgeon says the national audit office findings reflect the biggest cancer catastrophe ever. of the report also finds that one and for cancer patients have been on waiting lists for months and up to 60000 missed their 1st treatment due to lockdown. so the threat of coven infection on the report does to point out that the government releasing extra funds to fight the problems? the medics of warning, but that's nowhere near enough. the national always it, i'll say shipple shows wearing the middle of the biggest cancer catastrophe ever. hit the any chess there is a deadly cocktail of delays across the board. a regional lottery of cancer inequality and declaring cancer backlog. and it feels like the government and in a chest leaders have their heads in the sand. and we've contacted an h as england for comment, we'll let you know if we get a response now spoke to person did release a statement earlier, admitting that the extra demands of treating corona virus victims have affected their ability to provide routine and non urgent care. earlier on our team, we talked a british

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a new report from the national audit office says more than one in ten of the loans may have been fraudulentsures put in place to prevent fraud were implemented too slowly. angus crawford reports. a hard stop. police arrest a drug dealer, a member of a manchester gang that used a front business to hide their crimes. and this is it. from a couple of portakabins, they planned to take over the local cocaine market. but what's really extraordinary is they managed to get a £25,000 bounce—back loan to help their business through the pandemic. and they weren't the only ones. it's a bounce back loan application that's been approved for £50,000. last year, this undercover investigator showed us how criminals were setting up fake companies to exploit the system. it seems to be free money for the scammers. it's going to cost us billions. 4.9 billion, according to today's report. anti—fraud measures, it says, were implemented too slowly to be effective and are inadequate. well, today we announced a brand—new loan scheme for the smaller businesses... designed as a life—saver forsmall firms, more than £47

according to a new report from the national audit office, more than one in ten of the loans may have measures put in place to stop fraud were implemented too slowly. 0ur correspondent, angus crawford, reports. a hard stop. police arrest a drug dealer, a member of a manchester gang that used a front business to hide their crimes. and this is it. from a couple of portakabins, they planned to take over the local cocaine market. but what's really extraordinary is they managed to get a £25,000 bounce back loan to help their business through the pandemic. and they weren't the only ones. it's a bounce back loan application that's been approved for £50,000. last year, this undercover investigator showed us how criminals were setting up fake companies to exploit the system. it seems to be free money for the scammers. it's going to cost us billions. 4.9 billion, according to today's report. anti—fraud measures, it says, were implemented too slowly to be effective and are inadequate. well, today we announced a brand—new loan scheme for the smaller businesses. designed as a life—saver forsmall f

according to a new report from the national audit office, more than one in ten of the loans may haveary is they managed to get a £25,000 bounce back loan to help their business through the pandemic. and they weren�*t the only ones. it�*s a bounce back loan application that�*s been approved for £50,000. last year, this undercover investigator showed us how criminals were setting up fake companies to exploit the system. it seems to be free money for the scammers. it�*s going to cost us billions. 4.9 billion, according to today�*s report. anti—fraud measures, it says, were implemented too slowly to be effective and are inadequate. well, today we announced a brand—new loan scheme for the smaller businesses... designed as a life—saver forsmall firms, more than £47 billion was handed out. but how much of that will legitimate firms ever pay back? it�*s going to be horrendous. it�*s a nightmare. i�*m worried. i�*ve asked the government to set up a helpline. mike runs an online support group for business owners who took out a loan, and now fear they may go bust. they�*ve now got the repayment

according to a new report from the national audit office, more than a third of loans may never be repaid stop. police arrest a drug dealer, a member of a manchester gang that used a front business to hide their crimes. and this is it. from a couple of portakabins, they planned to take over the local cocaine market. but what's really extraordinary is they managed to get a £25,000 bounce back loan to help their business through the pandemic. and they weren't the only ones. it's a bounce back loan application that's been approved for £50,000. last year, this undercover investigator showed us how criminals were setting up fake companies to exploit the system. it seems to be free money for the scammers. it's going to cost us billions. 4.9 billion, according to today's report. anti—fraud measures, it says, were implemented too slowly to be effective and are inadequate. well, today we announced a brand—new loan scheme for the smaller businesses. designed as a life—saver forsmall firms, more than £47 billion was handed out. but how much of that will legitimate firms ever pay back? it's going to

according to a new report from the national audit office, more than one in ten of the loans may have, according to today�*s report. anti—fraud measures, it says, were implemented too slowly to be effective and are inadequate. well, today we announced a brand—new loan scheme for the smaller businesses. designed as a life—saver forsmall firms, more than £47 billion was handed out. but how much of that will legitimate firms ever pay back? it�*s going to be horrendous. it�*s a nightmare. i�*m worried. i�*ve asked the government to set up a helpline. mike runs an online support group for business owners who took out a loan, and now fear they may go bust. they�*ve now got the repayments starting. and a lot of people simply have not bounced back, which was the whole idea of the scheme. as soon as they�*re due, it is going to be a tidal wave. it will be. there is no ifs, bunts or shunts about that. the nao says £17 billion may never be repaid. and 100,000 loans are already in arrears. i've had to contact my doctor about having some anti—depressants. i haven't been able to properly sleep for

there have been the national audit office looking at hospital services including cancer and routine treatmentstments. on cancer they point to the fact _ and routine treatments. on cancer they point to the fact that - and routine treatments. on cancer they point to the fact that the - they point to the fact that the number of cancer patients being seen by hospitals are back to pre—pandemic levels but what hasn't happened, the nhs hasn't yet found those patients that didn't come forward in the early months, particular the first six months of the pandemic. these are referrals for suspected cancer, the numbers drop significantly. they estimate that could be as many as between 35000 and 60,000 missing cancer diagnoses out there. people who have cancer but it hasn't been diagnosed. the concern is that this will lead to greater numbers of later stage cancers being identified, reducing the chances of survival and then just briefly, on treatments, things like knee and hip operations, the waiting list has already reached 5.8 million in england, the highest on record, but the national audit office ones t