NHS should ban bell-ringing ceremonies celebrating end of cancer treatment, charity says
The NHS should scrap bell-ringing ceremonies celebrating the end of cancer treatment, because it is a "kick in the teeth" for those still suffering, a patient battling the disease has said.
The bell-ringing ritual at the end of chemotherapy or radiation has become common in hospitals and clinics nationwide in recent years.
Friends and family and staff clap and cheer as the patient reads out a poem before ringing a bell to show they have "beaten" the disease.
The ceremonies, often proudly shared by patients in online videos, originated in the US and now feature at around 200 UK hospitals.
But critics are complaining that the bells are a "divisive and cruel" reminder for incurable patients on wards that they will never get to ring one. The Telegraph
The NHS should scrap bell-ringing ceremonies celebrating the end of cancer treatment, because it is a "kick in the teeth" for those still suffering, a patient battling the disease has said.
The bell-ringing ritual at the end of chemotherapy or radiation has become common in hospitals and clinics nationwide in recent years.
Friends and family and staff clap and cheer as the patient reads out a poem before ringing a bell to show they have "beaten" the disease.
The ceremonies, often proudly shared by patients in online videos, originated in the US and now feature at around 200 UK hospitals.
But critics are complaining that the bells are a "divisive and cruel" reminder for incurable patients on wards that they will never get to ring one. The Telegraph
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