If none of this makes sense, please read the original post. 

Can I just first say a massive thank you to everyone that has emailed members of the cross party group for Cancer (CPGC). My social media inbox's have been overwhelmed from people wanting to help. If I did not manage to get back to you then apologies, - this would have been because I had already gotten a reply from the Government/ Cancer groups and was busy working through their sent attachments.

Now without further adieu lets get into what happened in the last 24 hours. 

1) David Rees MS got back to me on Twitter and assured me they had meeting minutes for a more recent meeting with the CPGC. It had just not been updated on their website yet. 

2) I have been seeking advice on the Welsh health system/ politics from a lovely chap called Andy, and he works for Cancer Research UK. He sent me the report from an inquiry into cancer waiting times when the CPGC met in November 2020. What is relevant here is the fact this report calls for the need of a new cancer strategy... He also let me know the last CPGC meeting took place last Tuesday and now the Senedd has gone into a 'pre-election' period, meaning this wont even be looked at again until the elected party has settled in (In May). 

For clarity and transparency please see my reply below, but for privacy reasons I cannot share Andy's original email. 

Wales has no concrete cancer strategy as of 22/3/20.

Have you heard about it on the news? Don't be daft.

We are sick of meetings, audits and wishy washy abstract statements.

We have been left on our own, everything from delays to DNRs and guess what?
Now the welsh government have given us a huge FU with no cancer plan. The World Health Organisation recommends every nation should have a cancer delivery plan and now we are the only nation in the UK without one.

I guess approx 9000 people dying from cancer in Wales EVERY YEAR is undeserving of a concrete plan with accountability.

Can we STOP pretending COVID has been causing all these issues?
All it has done is expose how fragile our health system really is. If we had a competent government we could have treated COVID and cancer... the fumbling, apathetic, ignorance is getting freaking exhausting.
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We at least deserve a fucking plan.