NHS in Scotland handed £10 million to improve cancer waiting times
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dailyrecord.co.ukhealth secretary said the money would go towards staff skills, more diagnostic tests and increased working hours. The announcement came as the SNP minister visited one of Scotland’s first Early Cancer Diagnostic Centres in Fife on Monday.The centre, one of three currently in place around Scotland, allows GPs to refer patients with non-specific cancer symptoms onto fast-track diagnostic programmes.
The coronavirus pandemic has led to a massive backlog in cancer treatment. Official figures show that over the last three months of 2020 there were 485 people who waited longer than two months to start their cancer treatment, despite being urgently referred.
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