The Health Secretary has asserted that securing a timely cancer diagnosis “shouldn’t be a question of luck,” as he announced a substantial funding injection to facilitate patient checks closer to home. <\/p>\n
The government is investing \u00a3237 million into new and improved community diagnostic centres (CDCs) across England. Wes Streeting described the new CDCs as “part of the biggest expansion in NHS diagnostics in a generation.”<\/p>\n
\u201cThe NHS delivered a record number of tests and scans last year but there\u2019s still a long way to go before we\u2019re catching disease on time,\u201d Mr Streeting said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was one of the lucky ones \u2013 my kidney cancer was caught early, and today I\u2019m living cancer-free.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it shouldn\u2019t be a question of luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Health Secretary has asserted that securing a timely cancer diagnosis “shouldn’t be a question of luck,” as he announced a substantial funding injection to facilitate patient checks closer to home. The government is investing \u00a3237 million into new and improved community diagnostic centres (CDCs) across England. Wes Streeting described the new CDCs as “part […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n