NHS Trials Holy Grail Blood Test That Can Detect 50 Kinds Of Cancer

A groundbreaking blood test set to be trialled by the NHS this autumn can accurately detect two-thirds of life-threatening cancers.

The Galleri test, described as the holy grail for cancer, detects the disease early in healthy people and NHS officials believe it has the potential to save thousands of lives every year.

Even before someone finds a lump, develops symptoms or visits their GP, early-stage cancerous cells can shed DNA into the bloodstream, which the blood test picks up.

Now results from 4,077 patients in the US show it can detect 67.6 per cent of 12 deadly cancers, including bowel, ovarian, lung and pancreatic.

Overall, it can pick up more than 50 kinds of cancer. The results come as the NHS prepares to roll out the test to 140,000 people aged 50 to 77 with no cancer symptoms. Another 6,000 with suspected symptoms will be offered tests to speed up their diagnosis.

Each test, together with laboratory analysis which provides a result in about ten working days, costs $949, or about £620, in the US.

It’s not know how much the NHS has paid for its pilot, and the results are expected in 2023, and if successful, the test will be made available to about a million people in 2024 and 2025.

The latest results, published in the journal Annals of Oncology, come from trials on 2,823 people with cancer and 1,254 who were cancer-free.

The test incorrectly diagnosed people less than 1 per cent of the time, for just six people. For pancreatic cancer, one of the biggest killers because it’s normally caught late, the test identified the disease 86.6 per cent of the time.

For more than 50 cancers, it detected them with about 41 per cent accuracy at stage one and three. There are four stages of cancer, with stage four the most advanced, at which most cancers are terminal.

But the test performed better for 12 cancers whose tumours tend to release larger quantities of abnormal DNA into the blood and which tend to have lower survival rates, including bladder, bowel, stomach, liver, lung, gullet and pancreatic.

The accuracy for this group was 67.6 per cent at stages one to three, with the test better at detecting cancers at a later stage.

In England, 56 per cent of cancers are diagnosed at stage one or two, but the NHS intends to extend that to three quarters by 2028. The results are broadly in line with ones published last year when the test was trialled in more than 1,200 people.

This is a great breakthrough, where more accurate results will increase in time, and I believe that most people would sooner have the opportunity to do everything possible to prevent cancer after the test or at least make the very most of the remaining time that they had left.

But the thing is this test won’t be used for years because the waiting lists will be too long, and of course, it’s all wonderful news, but ultimately it will be futile given that in the prevailing climate, cancer suffers have been sacrificed at the altar of COVID 19, which is utter madness.

Realistically, they’re trying to get rid of us, not protect us, and this is evident from 18 months of practically no healthcare, and it might be excellent news but with cancer waiting lists already long and palliative care provision woefully inadequate, how will the NHS be able to administer care to all these people, when they’re still too busy running the National COVID Health Service.

The NHS can’t cope with cancer patients as it is now, never mind having more, and Oncology outpatients waiting lists are endless, and surgical waiting lists for cancer operations are the same.

Palliative care services are understaffed and woefully inadequate, with countless more patients being diagnosed, and the NHS couldn’t possibly cope without more staff or resources.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s Job Hangs In The Balance

Matt Hancock was fighting for his job today after he was accused of having an affair with his closest aide when CCTV appeared showing them kissing intensely in the hallway outside his Whitehall office before he said it was safe for the public to hug.

The Health Secretary, 42, has been captured on camera in a romantic clinch with his hand rubbing the back and bottom of millionaire lobbyist Gina Coladangelo, 43, who was brought in as a taxpayer-funded advisor in March last year.

The incident is alleged to have taken place in the hallway outside his office at the Department for Health’s headquarters in central London at about 3 pm on May 6 this year, the day of the UK local elections and a week after his first coronavirus jab. The kiss was also 13 days before the Government eased safety rules including permitting to hug.

Matt Hancock is said to have checked the hallway was clear before shutting the door, leaning on it to prevent it from opening before launching into their warm embrace.

A news outlet alleged that they’d been having an affair that has been the gossip of the department, but it’s not known if they remain in a relationship that was hidden until now.

Matt Hancock has been married for 15 years to his wife Martha, 44, and the couple has three children together.

Martha Hancock seemed sad and upset as she left the couple’s home in north London but didn’t speak to reporters about her husband’s alleged infidelity.

Her husband was nowhere to be seen, however, she was still wearing her wedding band.

They were last seen together in public at the England vs Scotland Euro 2020 match at Wembley a week ago.

Communications director and lobbyist Mrs Coladangelo is a mother of three, whose husband Oliver Tress is the founder of clothing shop Oliver Bonas.

The shutters were closed at their £4.5 million South London home.

Mrs Coladangelo has been working as an advisor for Matt Hancock with one source saying that before Matt Hancock does anything big, he’ll talk to Gina.

A news outlet has contacted spokespeople for the Health Secretary, and a friend of Matt Hancock’s reportedly told a news outlet that they had no comment on the matter, but that rules had been breached.

However, a Whitehall whistleblower who leaked the footage and reportedly no longer works for the department told the newspaper it was shocking that Matt Hancock was having an affair amid a pandemic with an adviser and friend he used public money to hire.

I can’t wait to see how this one plays out.

Here’s a man who’s just not up to his job, and Boris Johnson gave it to him not because he’s competent but because he backed Boris, and a skilled person should be spending every waking hour dealing with the current emergency, and who has the time or energy to have an affair, and yet here’s one of only a few of the most influential people in the country and he’s somehow maintaining a wife and mistress, which means he’s not focusing on his work, and you always get caught out in the end, so it was stupid to start it.

Of course, Boris Johnson probably won’t fire him. In addition, he can’t fire him because then it would make Boris a hypocrite because of his own indiscretions in the past.

Maybe his wife might even be relieved because now she can stroll away from this inept nerd with half his earnings, child support and the compassion of the nation.

Harry Is Chauffeured To LAX

Prince Harry arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday evening for a flight to London to attend the unveiling of a statue of Princess Diana, his first voyage back home since Prince Philip’s funeral.

Harry is returning to London to unveil a statue of Princess Diana on what would have been her 60th birthday. He will join his brother, Prince William, in what will be their first time seeing each other since the April funeral of their grandfather, Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth.

A news outlet reported that the princes have drastically scaled back next week’s unveiling of the statue of Princess Diana.

The brothers were due to put aside their bitter rift to host an extravagant ceremony on July 1 at Kensington Palace, her former home, on what would have been their mother’s 60th birthday.

Instead, they will preside over a significantly reduced gathering highlighting just a handful of guests, the estranged princes themselves and Spencer relatives.

Up until this week, the princes had been preparing to welcome more than 100 of their mother’s friends, former staff and supporters, but COVID rules have driven them into a rethink.

Guests have been told that next Thursday’s grand ceremony has been abandoned and that a new date will be set for September.

It’s a bitter setback for many in Diana’s circle who’d hoped their appearance would help bring about a reconciliation between William and his brother.

They’ve hardly been on speaking terms since Harry and Meghan quit royal life for California, and whether this makes a rapprochement that much easier remains to be seen.

The pair has confidentially told friends that they will do their utmost to ensure their differences don’t deflect from what they believe will be a poignant ceremony to remember their mother’s positive influence.

Ever since they announced proposals for the statue it has been beset by problems. Originally it was hoped to be unveiled in 2017, and there were delays over the design and, according to insiders, differences of opinion over what period in Diana’s life the statue should represent.

Such divisions led the committee set up after her demise in 1997 to find a fitting way to honour her life to conclude that a statue would be wrong.

At the time, her family expressed reservations that no sculptor had ever properly caught Diana, and there were also real concerns that a statue would become a shrine.

Reports say that during the family gathering, Kate Middleton is set to help Prince William and Prince Harry put on a united front when they meet at the unveiling.

Prince Harry has been in the media quite a lot recently and has said several things that people don’t want to hear because people tend to put the monarchy on a pedal stool, but what Harry has done is single-handedly made a case for calling monarchies out for what they are, complete farces.

Sadly, Diana would have been really sad that her boys weren’t getting along, but the public will just ogle and ridicule because that’s what critical people we are, and we should just be happy to let him get on with his life without seeking out articles about him to make undesirable comments.

And at least Harry’s upfront about what he says, instead of royal sources leaking tidbits to tabloids to surface above it all, and however the royals treat him, it will be convoluted in the next public criticism, and there really isn’t anything to look forward to here.

A Boy Is Pulled From The Rubble Of A 12-Story Miami Beach Apartment Building

A young boy has miraculously been pulled alive from the rubble of a 12 story Miami Beach apartment building after it collapsed in the middle of the night, killing at least one person, as authorities worry there could be dozens of more victims.

A huge emergency search and rescue operation was started after the beachfront condo tower, Champlain Towers South, collapsed at approximately 1.30 am in the Miami community of Surfside.

One woman has already been confirmed dead and at least eight people were injured.

Rescue teams, who are still trawling the wreckage for any survivors, managed to pull the boy from rubble in the early stages of the search operation.

Hundreds of firefighters were observed walking through the wreckage, picking up other survivors and carrying them away.

Authorities fear countless more people may be dead or remain trapped after witnesses reported hearing screaming from the wreckage as a search and rescue operation began.

Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said that the building literally pancaked and that it was tragic because it meant to him that they weren’t going to be successful in finding people alive, and it wasn’t clear how many people were missing but authorities said the building was full when it collapsed.

The building, which contains 130 apartments, 70 of which were believed to have been destroyed, was located one block away from where Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump currently live.

Authorities haven’t yet determined what caused the building to collapse but confirmed that renovations had been underway on the roof.

Mayor Charles Burket said it was doubtful that the roof work had anything to do with the collapse, instead, describing it as a catastrophic failure of the building.

Burkett said that it was difficult to imagine how this could have happened and that buildings just don’t fall down, and that there was no reason for the building to go down like that unless someone pulls the supports out from underneath.

Burkett suggested that possible causes could be the result of the foundations being washed out or a sinkhole.

The Miami-Dade Police have assumed control of the investigation as to why the building collapsed.

The collapse left several units in the still-standing part of the building exposed.

Bunk beds, tables and chairs could be seen still left inside the damaged apartments, and air conditioner units were dangling from some sections of the building where wires now hung.

This was just awful, a concrete structure that just collapsed, and the architect, along with the structural engineer, the contractor, the concrete supplier, the city inspectors and code enforcement officers will have some serious explaining to do.

And then you have to imagine the long-lasting effects of trauma, particularly when you don’t feel safe going to bed at night, and what a nightmare for all concerned, and it brings back memories of 9/11, and it will take years to investigate no doubt, but there must be some human oversight involved somewhere, and hopefully not willful human wrongdoing or someone’s going to jail for a pretty long time.

But this is the sad state of America. Bridges, buildings et cetera beginning to collapse, just like society.

To purchase a new house they want so much money, and all you’re getting is cardboard junk, and who built this building? Because it clearly won’t do much for real estate prices in Miami, and it’s way too soon to say who’s to blame.

A Priest Tosses Acid Over Seven Greek Orthodox Church Bishops

A priest attacked seven bishops from the Greek Orthodox Church by dousing them with acid during his disciplinary hearing for alleged drug trafficking.

The priest, who’s been named by local media as Theofylaktos Komvos, 37, poured the caustic liquid over the senior members of the church during a meeting at the Petraki Monastery in Athens on Wednesday.

The seven bishops, who were considering removing the priest, sustained injuries on their faces and hands in a meeting that plunged into a bloodbath, before being rushed to hospital.

A police officer who helped restrain the suspect was also wounded in the attack, as were a lawyer and a presiding clergyman – all three were also hospitalised.

Theofylaktos Komvos, who was facing the disciplinary hearing for supposedly being involved in drug trafficking, was arrested uninjured and detained for questioning.

A witness of the attack said he froze when he saw blood and heard screams, describing the scene as a bloodbath.

One bishop who was wounded in the attack described how he felt his eyes burning after Theofylaktos Komvos poured the acid on them.

A newspaper out reported that the police said it was not immediately obvious what liquid was used, but the priest had reportedly brought a large bottle of corrosive liquid to the meeting.

Reports said that the bishops had been meeting to consider stripping the suspect of his priesthood after he was supposedly found with 1.8 grams of cocaine in June 2018 which he’d hidden near his genitals.

It was during the pronouncement of the verdict that the priest took out the bottle and tossed it over the bishops.

George Tzikas, a former defence lawyer for the priest who was at the hearing, told ANT1 that they didn’t expect it, he opened a bag, took out bottles and started pouring it over the bishops.

He said that at first he believed it was water, but the place was full of blood and that he couldn’t handle it, it was mad.

He said that luckily, there was a policeman inside and he continued that the priest was unable to empty the bottles.

He said that it was like a bloodbath and that he froze when he saw the blood and heard the screams.

Bishop Artis Kallinikos, who was a victim of the attack, told Mega TV that he now has burns on his face.

This is just a despicable man and he’s no priest. Acid is a terrifying, destructive weapon, and this man is the devil in disguise, and hopefully, he will get a pretty long sentence, but sadly psychopathic rage walks amongst us all the time.

And this is faith, even though we should respect each other, no matter what disagreements we have, but it appears that all faiths seem to do is war against us, and anyone that can do that was never a good man, regardless of faith, but this is the sign of the times we live in, and religion can be so close to madness, and this is religion showing how immoral it is, yet again.

And we shouldn’t need imaginary friends to live a fulfilled life, unlike millions of poor brainwashed sheeple, and these priests are nothing more than pathetic antiquated men, and why was he having a disciplinary hearing with priests for drug trafficking, should he have not been arrested?

And religion is the biggest excuse for war over human history, and the biggest reason for intolerance of others.

It alienates people, and it’s also the most used excuse for inhumane acts of violence and is the biggest con in history, and still, people fall for it all the time.

You can call me naive, but the church revels in gold and jewels whilst the preponderance of people go hungry, but they still encourage you to donate to them, because you know, God loves you more if you give him money!

Russia Will Directly Attack HMS Defender

A top Russian official has warned a British warship will be bombed the next time it sails too close to Crimea after warning shots were discharged at HMS Defender on Wednesday.

The British Type 45 destroyer sailed within a 12 mile limit of Crimea near Cape Fiolent in the Black Sea which Russia claims as its own territory but the West sees as international waters.

After the flashpoint, which saw 20 Su-24s humming over the Royal Navy vessel, Russia’s deputy foreign minister Sergey Ryabkov warned: ‘What can we do? We can appeal to common sense, demand respect for international law, and he said that if this didn’t help, they can bomb not only in the direction but also on target if their colleagues don’t understand.

He said that he warned everyone violating the state borders of the Russian Federation under the slogan of free navigation, from such provocative steps, because the security of their country came first.

Backing up his comments, the Kremlin said Moscow would react harshly to any similar actions in the future and advised against any further provocations.

Despite their warnings, British minister George Eustice said that of course Royal Navy ships would continue to navigate through the disputed waters around Crimea, saying that they’ve never accepted the annexation of Crimea – these were Ukrainian territorial waters.

In the meantime, Britain’s Chair of the Defence Select Committee, Tobias Ellwood, admitted there’s a possibility of a skirmish flaring up with Britain’s deadly game of sailing in disputed waters.

The former Defence Secretary told BBC 4 that there was a huge scope for an accident to occur, misinterpretation, leading to an actual kinetic engagement and it could be a bit of time before somebody grabs that red phone and soothes things down.

Russia claimed to have shot at HMS Defender and to have dropped four bombs from a Su-24M warplane in waters ahead of the Royal Navy vessel, but Britain has dismissed the Russian version and insists HMS Defender was either in Ukrainian or international waters at the time.

Many Western nations don’t accept Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea by military force as being legitimate in law.

Britain’s ambassador Deborah Bronnert will be summoned to the Russian foreign ministry to give an account for HMS Defender’s activities.

Ryabkov said that they were offended by their (the UK’s) behaviour, and they would like to note that balancing on the brink of confrontation was laden with pretty serious consequences for those who plan such events and then try to carry them out.

We are currently undertaking war games with Ukraine, and this is why they’re disconcerted, and we’re currently on a war footing with them, so of course, they’re upset, and it’s like poking the bear when it doesn’t need to be poked at this time, but it does look like they’re looking for any excuse, and we’re living in extremely uncertain times.

The UK should back off because Russia would bomb us back into the stone age, and we can’t rely on the current US government to back us up, not with someone like Joe Biden in the White House at the moment because he probably still thinks we’re in the cold war.

The United Kingdom at the moment are behaving like a world power, and it isn’t, and it’s pretty arrogant of them to believe that they are, and we’re better off leaving them alone because do the United Kingdom think they could stand up to Russia?

Freedom Day Will See Practically All COVID Curbs Axed

Ministers are planning to axe practically all coronavirus restraints on July 19 as the nation moves towards herd immunity despite growing infection numbers.

Social distancing, face masks and work from home guidance are all expected to be ditched as England makes a climactic push back towards normality on so-called Freedom Day.

Boris Johnson is getting ready to give the green light for the complete unlocking after internal government assessments warned that keeping even limited restrictions for longer would spell catastrophe for the hospitality trade and hundreds of thousands of jobs.

However, it’s understood there’s virtually no chance the date will be carried forward to July 5 despite tremendous pressure from Tory MPs.

The plan could put England on a significantly altered course from Scotland after Nicola Sturgeon stayed the latest stage of its loosening for another three weeks and suggested that mask-wearing was expected to continue into the autumn.

Professor Neil Ferguson, known as Professor Lockdown, gave an encouraging view of the emerging data, saying that while cases were increasing, hospitalisations and mortality weren’t seeing a notable increase.

He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that it appeared two doses of vaccine were giving a high level of protection against severe disease.

Boris Johnson sensationally delayed Freedom Day from June 21 amid concerns about cases of the Indian or Delta variant in the United Kingdom.

The Prime Minister insisted that the additional four weeks was required to buy time to get more people double jabbed before the final set of restrictions were lifted.

A senior Government source told a newspaper outlet that ministers get as close to normal as possible on July 19, with emphasis on personal responsibility rather than legal restrictions.

The United Kingdom recorded another 11,625 coronavirus cases, the most since mid-February.

Other encouraging data unveiled the country has moved one step closer to herd immunity, with almost nine in 10 adults now having antibodies against COVID.

The major Office for National Statistics (ONS) blood testing survey highlighted the success of the UK’s immense vaccination campaign, which is now open to every adult in all four home nations. Around 60 per cent of over 18s (31.5 million) are now completely jabbed.

While daily infections have increased by 51.5 per cent in a week, hospitalisations, which linger behind cases by many weeks because of how long it takes for infected patients to fall seriously unwell have risen by a fifth. There are still just 1,380 COVID inpatients across the United Kingdom.

I’m sure something else will happen between now and then, perhaps another kind of variant or something, it’s just never-ending. Perhaps we’ll have the galactic variant, black hole variant or even button moon variant, they are so many possibilities.

You can bet your bottom dollar that another variant will rear its unsightly head to delay Freedom Day, and with the dread of winter mounting, this might mean that we don’t get out of lockdown anytime soon.

We might even get the Uranus variant, no need to state where they can stick that one!

What we need is a bit of reality, which has overtaken our wishful thinking and now it’s all become a bit Alice In Wonderland, with Boris Johnson saying “I’m late, I’m late for a very important date”.

Primary School Children As Young As Five Should Be Taught How To Stage Angry Demonstrations

According to a study, more than half of teachers in England are in support of teaching children to take direct action against climate change.

The study, led by the University of Bristol, involved asking 626 primary and secondary school teachers across England for their opinions on climate change education.

Teachers believed almost unanimously in an action-focused climate change curriculum incorporated across subjects, starting with conservation projects in early primary school.

Results also revealed 54 per cent of those surveyed thought this should extend to participation in civil disobedience at secondary school.

Professor Paul Howard-Jones, the study’s lead author, said children have been motivated by Swedish teenage climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg.

Greta Thunberg, 18, whose activism has sparked a global movement, shot to fame after starting a solo school strike outside the Swedish parliament at just 15.

The study, published in the journal Environmental Education Research, found that 72 per cent of respondents were already teaching or talking about climate change with their pupils.

Lead author Paul Howard-Jones said that children had been inspired by teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg.

Professor Paul Howard-Jones, the lead author of the work, said that teachers want their pupils to be informed in how they think and what they do about the climate emergency.

He said they’re ready and willing to move forward with radical, action-orientated programmes of education that could assist pupils to drive their response to climate change.

A recent Ipsos study found only 42 per cent of teachers in the US were teaching or talking about climate change with their pupils.

In total, 97 per cent of teachers surveyed in England thought climate change was caused by humans, compared with 39 per cent of respondents in the US.

In England, 19 per cent of teachers believed climate change was more important for additional funding than science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects.

However, only 5 per cent of teachers in the US would prioritise climate change.

Professor Howard-Jones, of Bristol University’s School of Education and Cabot Institute for the Environment, added that despite being underrepresented in the National Curriculum, climate change was something many young people felt passionate about.

He said school children have been inspired by Greta Thunberg, who’s shown the importance of nonviolent demonstration to boost awareness of the climate crisis and encourage individuals as well as large scale change.

However, isn’t learning to protest brainwashing and a form of conditioning? And ultimately, the earth will burn up and become uninhabitable for humans, whether these children or I like it or not, and it’s not a question of when, not if, and always has been, it’s not a new science.

But if climate change is needed, protesting about everything won’t create the answer – people are so keen to stand up and shout, but where is the solution? Even Greta Thunberg hasn’t discovered that.

What we should be doing is encouraging children to study science and to educate themselves to create more experts for more solutions, that would make more sense surely, and isn’t it beyond human arrogance to be naive enough to believe they can prevent climate change because it’s occurred since the beginning of the planet’s existence and will continue long after humans have gone.

All that they’re doing is brainwashing our children, but what they should be doing is letting them grow up and learn for themselves, and children should be taught facts, not opinions.

Navy Destroyer Captain Was Fired For Bullying

A recently released command inquiry found that a fired Navy commander’s offensive language and insults towards his underlings crossed professional boundaries and constituted harassment.

According to an investigation that was reported by Task and Purpose, Commander Frank Azzarello, who was relieved of his command of the Navy destroyer USS Forrest Sherman in January, routinely referred to his junior officers as ‘f-king retarded’, useless and stupid.’

One crew member said in the investigation, according to Task and Purpose that one second he could be asking about your family, and the next time he would be saying that he disliked the sound of your voice, that you’re f-king retarded, or threatening an LOI (letter of instruction) for calling him too many times for mandatory reports while he was getting a haircut and that the more pressure he was under and less sleep that he got, he was worse.

Task and Purpose reported that on at least one occasion, the verbal abuse almost became violent when Azzarello raised his hand to a junior officer but didn’t follow through.

Azzarello’s lawyer Timothy Parlatore argued the investigation’s findings and accused officers aboard the USS Forrest Sherman of making up stories. Azzarello’s age is unclear, as it wasn’t disclosed in the report.

According to Task and Purpose, an officer stated, at times it seemed that he just wanted to break people down to see how far he could push people before they would break and that once he found that limit, he would walk that line.

The officer continued that there were times where he felt sick walking to the bridge just because of his nerves and what he would be yelled at that day and that his actions were rough, but it could shape you, but sometimes it would destroy people, and that he’d seen numerous JOs (junior officers) break down and almost give up, and that some people got it worse than others on the ship or just because of his mood that day.

The command inquiry was also reported by the Navy Times, which said Azzarello disparaged some officers, mocked the voices of female members and overused letters of instruction.

Azzarello, who took charge of the USS Forrest Sherman in September 2019, was reportedly dismissed from his duty on January 27 for taking home a seized enemy rifle that he planned to turn into a trophy for his ship’s wardroom without following procedure.

This is what happens when someone isn’t ready to lead, and rank forced him into a situation he was incapable of performing, and it seems like he was seriously lacking emotional intelligence – perhaps he might do better at a desk job? Because he was clearly promoted well beyond his capabilities.

These people need to be tough, but they also have to be leaders, and leaders shouldn’t be treating their subordinates like that. Leaders need to be strong, but they also need to be respected, and this guy lost the respect of his crew by losing control of himself, but there are hundreds more just like him in the military.

His mental health problems should have been dealt with before his promotion, and his language was very unseemly, and this is no way to treat and disparage subordinates – there are other ways to show and tell subordinates they’re not meeting standards if you’re a good leader, but talking down to them isn’t the way and it serves no one.

And if he treats subordinates in this way, just imagine how he treats his wife or partner? I guess that he might be treating them worse, and it makes you question if there have been any reports of Family Advocacy for domestic violence because people who browbeat their subordinates might be doing terrifying things at home.

Five-Year-Olds Are Having Panic Attacks

It was claimed that children as young as five are having panic attacks about meeting their friends for playdates following repeated lockdowns.

An additional 1.5 million children will need mental health treatment in the wake of COVID, with NHS bosses warning of an eruption of locked in trauma.

Some young children have been left increasingly worried and even frightened to leave their home, and waiting times of up to four years for NHS help has driven some families to turn to private psychologists for help, but they’re also oversubscribed and unable to take more patients.

Some said they’re taking twice as many calls from parents as normal and are being made to use waiting lists or turn away patients.

It comes after the Royal College of Psychologists warned that the pandemic could create a lost generation who will be affected by enduring mental illness.

Data from the college revealed the number of children already referred for mental health support increased to almost 400,000 over the last year, an increase of 28 per cent since the previous year.

Predictions seen by a newspaper outlet show that 1.5 million additional children and young people will require mental health support in the next three to five years as a direct consequence of the pandemic.

The Centre for Mental Health calculations inferred demand will be as much as three times the capacity of mental health services.

NHS England’s director for mental health Claire Murdoch explained the pandemic has turned young people’s lives upside down, and Dame Rachel De Souza, Children’s Commissioner for England, said a study of more than 550,000 children will show mental health this generation and will be of the greatest concern.

At a meeting of NHS Confederation, a membership body for organisations that commission and implement National Health Services, she talked of her experience talking to children about the impact of the lockdown.

A senior health person told the meeting that their five-year-old was housebound because she was too frightened to go away from the house, never mind the school.

Another said her daughter was now undergoing counselling after she had a panic attack about going to a play date, and Dame De Souza said that she’d been around the country and had seen those sad little faces, putting their arms around their friends as they told her about having their trauma from losing a grandparent, and not being able to go to their funeral.

It’s pretty comparable to children in war-torn countries and how they cope, well they don’t, and neither will our children now, and they will need lots of counselling.

At such a young age, children are extremely susceptible to disruption caused by schools constantly opening and closing, and it’s quite confusing for them, but sadly, it’s been impossible to shield them from that.

And our children have been a casualty of this Government’s psychological warfare on its citizens.

It’s bad enough that they’ve used behavioural psychologists in SAGE to scare people into compliance, but the harm they’ve done to small children is beyond sickening, and the mental torture this country has suffered at the hands of this government needs addressing right now because these children have had a culture shock, and it’s pretty sad.

But it’s not unexpected and it was bound to have a knock-on and long term impact because children saw no one but their parents for nearly 2 years, so they’re bound to be afraid in social situations now.

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