Monday 8 September 2014

Cancer services weakened by coalition's NHS shakeup, says report

Cancer services weakened by coalition's NHS shakeup, says report


Charity says health service feeling squeeze as shrinking budgets leave specialists struggling to cope with rising demand

Cancer services have been weakened by the coalition's shakeup of the NHS and lack the money to cope with the growing number of people getting the disease, a report on Monday claims.

Diagnostic and treatment services are under such strain that improvements in recent years are in danger of unravelling, according to the charity Cancer Research UK. Its findings are based on anonymous interviews with 45 leading cancer experts and an online survey of 450 other NHS cancer personnel. Guardian

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