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COVID-19 DEATHS RISE SLIGHTLY AS BANK HOLIDAY SLOWS REGISTRATIONS
Weekly registrations of deaths involving Covid-19 in England and Wales have risen slightly, new figures show - but the numbers are likely to have been affected by the early May bank holiday.
A total of 151 deaths registered in the week ending May 14 mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
This is up from 129 in the previous week - a rise of 17%.
Many register offices will have been closed for the bank holiday on May 3, however.
This is likely to have led to fewer deaths being registered in that week and slightly more deaths being registered in the following week.
Patients reacted to the disruption with a mix of anxiety, frustration and some annoyance, she says.
Despite the difficulties it has caused, OâConnor believes the HSE acted correctly in immediately shutting down its IT system once the data breach became apparent.
âWeâve learned a lot about crisis management in the past year or so. The right thing was done, to let speed beat perfection by locking things down and gradually reopening them.â
The shutdown forced the cancellation of outpatient clinics in the hospital and in satellite clinics across the southeast. With no scan or test results available to patients, there was little point in going ahead with them.
Professor Seamus O Reilly says 73 additional consultant oncologists will be needed to meet demand on services.
Prior to Covid-19, cancer diagnoses were increasing by 5 percent per year.
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