Outandabout March 2022 Issue195
Welcome to March 2022 the Spring air has arrived and St Patrick's day will be celebrated again in Benidorm without restrictions. Tourism is already back to pre-covid numbers and the British holidaymakers who love Spain and the Costa Blanca are already on the beach and sunny terraces eating, drinking, and having lots of fun in the sun. The new Out and About magazine is right here to read and find out what's going on in the Costa Blanca region of Spain. Lifestyle and leisure articles and reviews are written by the people who know, business professionals, and members of the public living in Spain. There are also popular pages that include puzzles and horoscopes with a host of supporting businesses that supports the charity work that editor Carol Leavy has undertaken for many years in Spain.
Welcome to March 2022 the Spring air has arrived and St Patrick's day will be celebrated again in Benidorm without restrictions. Tourism is already back to pre-covid numbers and the British holidaymakers who love Spain and the Costa Blanca are already on the beach and sunny terraces eating, drinking, and having lots of fun in the sun. The new Out and About magazine is right here to read and find out what's going on in the Costa Blanca region of Spain. Lifestyle and leisure articles and reviews are written by the people who know, business professionals, and members of the public living in Spain. There are also popular pages that include puzzles and horoscopes with a host of supporting businesses that supports the charity work that editor Carol Leavy has undertaken for many years in Spain.
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48 | OUT AND ABOUT COSTA BLANCA<br />
Screening Tests……..<br />
Get Back on Track!!<br />
Thousands missing out on<br />
Cancer diagnosis<br />
DAWN BLYTHE<br />
One of the implications of the<br />
COVID-19 crisis has been that<br />
routine annual screenings have<br />
been ‘put on a back burner’<br />
The British Medical Journal has<br />
published an alarming figure. They<br />
estimate that there could be at least a<br />
20% rise in cancer mortalities due to<br />
delayed screenings, delayed diagnosis<br />
and delayed treatments.<br />
Scientists suggest there could be at<br />
least 7,000 additional deaths - but in a<br />
worst case scenario that number could<br />
be as high as 35,000.<br />
Understandably people have not<br />
wanted to attend medical centres unless<br />
absolutely necessary! However, now we<br />
are starting to get back to some degree
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