Posted on 04/10/2010 7:12:42 PM PDT by Steelfish
April 11, 2010 Labour Hit By Cancer Leaflet Row
Chris Hastings and Maurice Chittenden
LABOUR has become embroiled in a row about the use of personal data after sending cancer patients alarmist mailshots saying their lives could be at risk under a Conservative government. Cards addressed to sufferers by name warn that a Labour guarantee to see a cancer specialist within two weeks would be scrapped by the Tories. Labour claims the Conservatives would also do away with the right to be treated within 18 weeks.
Cancer patients who received the personalised cards, sent with a message from a breast cancer survivor praising her treatment under Labour, said they were “disgusted and shocked”, and feared that the party may have had access to confidential health data. Labour sources deny that the party has used any confidential information. However, the sources admit that, in line with other political parties, it uses socio-demographic research that is commercially and publicly available.
The postal campaign started last month before the general election was called. This is the first election in which parties have been able to use internet databases and digital printing to personalise their mailshots. Labour has sent out 250,000 “cancer” postcards, each addressed to an individual, asking: “Are the Tories a change you can afford?”
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the left yet again strikes in their fear mongering and lies.
No matter what country the left always does this.
Loord Grayson of the UK?
The NHS is already doing that are they serious?
Dear God! My neighbor found out she had cancer a couple of weeks ago. She got surgery six days later and started chemo a week after that. And these poor people are afraid they won't get treated with 18 weeks!!
We have got to repeal Obamacare!
yeppers.
Gee, is Grayson speaking at Parlament too?
LOL that is what I first thought too!
I can’t imagine waiting 18 weeks for anything let alone cancer treatments! That is 41/2 months, long enough for some cancers to progress to an untreatable stage. I agree we must repeal this life ender!
I went 10 days from diagnosis to major major surgery with specialist from another city. It wasn’t automatic, but it was do-able. Timely treatment saved my life. Another 4 week..and I would be dead. Very agressive, but very treatable cancer.
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