Sajid Javid will announce a call for evidence on a new 10-year Government plan to improve England’s cancer care after 50,000 fewer diagnoses were made nationally during the pandemic. The
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A mother-of-two with a rare form of cancer has taken health bosses to court over their decision not to pay for her to have potentially life-saving surgery. Maria Wallpott, 50,
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Healthcare bosses have apologised for failings after a review found a vulnerable adult with cancer died “with no dignity”, in pain and soiled with faeces in a home said to
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Three new cancer drugs have been given the go-ahead for routine use in Scotland, the Scottish Medicines Consortium has announced. Lung cancer drugs Osimertinib (Tagrisso) and Atezolizumab (Tecentriq) were cleared
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A mother whose four-year-old son died four months after being diagnosed with a brain tumour is campaigning for more funding and research into the disease. Nadia Majid said she does
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A young boy with cancer was kept in cell-like isolation in a “filthy” Glasgow hospital after his mother started asking questions about cleanliness and infections in the water, an inquiry
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A patient told an inquiry her cancer treatment was stopped early as she contracted an infection from water used in an operating theatre, leaving her “worried and scared”. Stevie-Jo Kirkpatrick,
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A new five-year children’s cancer strategy which aims to deliver “world class care” for young patients has been launched. The blueprint, the first specifically for children and young people, contains
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Nursing shortages in the UK have left more than half a million people with cancer either unsupported or not supported enough, a charity has said. Macmillan Cancer Support is calling
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Sixteen health charities have joined forces to urge the Government to support around 500,000 people for whom the Covid-19 vaccines may give less protection. With most of England’s Covid rules
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