Around 30,000 people are still waiting to start treatment, a legacy of the pandemic. it s really good news that patients are coming forward and it s really good news that gps are able now to make the referrals that we wanted to make into specialist services. the challenge, of course, is that those specialist services are under significant duress and there is a backlog now. one stop shops for tests, mobile clinics and telephone hotlines have been set up to work through the backlog. but a shortage of qualified and trained cancer specialists and radiologists who can interpret scans remains a big stumbling block. charities warn that this is perhaps the most pressing issue, but it could take years to resolve. dominic hughes, bbc news. the european union has accused apple of abusing its dominant market position in mobile payments by limiting access to key technology for rivals to its apple pay system. the move could result in a hefty fine for the tech giant and force it
Mobile clinics and telephone hotlines have been set up to work through the backlog. but a shortage of qualified and trained cancer specialists and radiologists who can interpret scans remains a big stumbling block. charities warn that this is perhaps the most pressing issue, but it could take years to resolve. dominic hughes, bbc news. more than 250 migrants on seven boats were picked up in the channel yesterday according to the ministry of defence, following 11 days without any crossings. there have been more arrivals this morning at dover. our correspondent simonjones is there for us. simon, what s the situation like there today? well, this is the area of dover where people are brought once they are picked up in the channel and it has once again been very busy here today. the lifeboat brought in the first group of people just after 6am and since then there has been a steady stream of arrivals and we ve seen a number of women being brought to shore and one woman was clutching
As covid pressures have eased, cancer referrals have bounced back. nearly 2.7 million people have been referred for cancer care in the past year. that s an increase of 16% on pre pandemic levels. but while there has been progress, around 30,000 people are still waiting to start treatment, a legacy of the pandemic. we know the pandemic has disrupted cancer care, but the nhs is working absolutely as hard as we can and going as fast as we can to recover the backlogs that have been created. nobody in the nhs wants to see potential cancer patients not being treated. that s why we are expanding community diagnostics, that s why we re ensuring that we get through as many treatment cases as we possibly can. 0ne stop shops for tests, mobile clinics and telephone hotlines have been setup to work through the backlog. but a shortage of qualified and trained cancer specialists and radiologists who can interpret scams remains a big stumbling block.
On pre pandemic levels. but while there has been progress, around 30,000 people are still waiting to start treatment, a legacy of the pandemic. we know the pandemic has disrupted cancer care, but the nhs is working absolutely as hard as we can and going as fast as we can to recover the backlogs that have been created. nobody in the nhs wants to see potential cancer patients not being treated. that s why we are expanding community diagnostics, that s why we re ensuring that we get through as many treatment cases as we possibly can. one stop shops for tests, mobile clinics and telephone hotlines have been setup to work through the backlog. but a shortage of qualified and trained cancer specialists and radiologists who can interpret scans remains a big stumbling block. charities warn this is perhaps the most pressing issue, but it could take years to resolve. dominic hughes, bbc news.
As we can to recover the backlogs that have been created. nobody in the nhs wants to see potential cancer patients not being treated. that s why we re expanding community diagnostics, that s why we re ensuring that we get through as many treatment cases as we possibly can. 0ne stop shops for tests, mobile clinics and telephone hotlines have been set up to work through the backlog. but a shortage of qualified and trained cancer specialists and radiologists who can interpret scans remains a big stumbling block. charities warn this is perhaps the most pressing issue, but it could take years to resolve. dominic hughes, bbc news. more than 100 people have been brought ashore by the border force and lifeboats, after trying to cross the english channel in small boats. yesterday, more than 250 people made the journey the first arrivals for 11 days. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is here.