Actuary Department

• 16,000 people died because they didn’t get healthcare from March 23 to May 1
• At the same time, 25,000 Britons died of coronavirus at the pandemic’s height
• Of the 16,000, 6,000 were unwell people who were too scared to go to A&E
• It is feared that 81,500 people could die over next 50 years because of lockdown
• In the next five years, 1,400 could die as they were diagnosed with cancer late
• The new figures were presented to the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) in the middle of July.
• They were calculated by the Department of Health, the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Government Actuary’s Department and the Home Office.
• The 16,000 people who died included 6,000 who didn’t go to A&E during lockdown because they feared catching the virus.
• Another 10,000 people are thought to have died in care homes after early discharge from hospital and a lack of access to care.
• A further 26,000 people could die by next month because of the restrictions, while in total 81,500 people could lose their lives in the next 50 years because of the virus.
• In more bad news, the next five years could see 1,400 people die because they were diagnosed with cancer too late.
• An earlier report by the same team suggested deaths caused by delayed care amid the virus they could be as high as 185,000.
• Professor Neil Mortensen, the president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, warned that the health service ‘must never again be a coronavirus-only service’.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8605885/Lockdown-killed-two-people-three-died-coronavirus.html