with more than 10,000 people involved, a potential compensation bill could run into tens of millions of pounds. today, the federation urged all police officers and staff to exercise maximum vigilance. big changes are pinpointed for changes to nhs cancer scares but people say that more is needed. two very different cancer stories in the same household. fiona was diagnosed with breast cancer in april and she has had surgery and started radiotherapy. but while her husband simon was told he had skin cancer last october, he still hasn t started treatment. i feel grateful that i have had my surgery and i m getting through the other side of the cancer journey, but i have a husband who has a lesion on his back that is massive, that
and simplifying the process around cancer treatment will be better for patients, but some doctors say more needs to be done to improve ouitcomes. here s our health editor, hugh pym. two very different cancer stories in the same household. fiona was diagnosed with breast cancer in april and she has had surgery and started radiotherapy. but while her husband simon was told he had skin cancer last october, he still hasn t started treatment. i cancer last october, he still hasn t started treatment. started treatment. i feel grateful that i have started treatment. i feel grateful that i have had started treatment. i feel grateful that i have had my started treatment. i feel grateful that i have had my surgery - started treatment. i feel grateful that i have had my surgery and i started treatment. i feel grateful i that i have had my surgery and i m getting through the other side of the cancerjourney, but i have a husband who has a lesion on his back thatis husband who has a lesion on
waiting time targets. there were nine targets all of which have been routinely missed in recent years. now, there will be just three. the nhs is streamlining and simplifying them will be better for patients but some doctors are unconvinced. two very different cancer stories in the same household. fiona was diagnosed with breast cancer in april has had surgery and started radiotherapy and while her husband simon was told he had skin cancer last october, he still hasn t started treatment. i feel grateful that i ve had my surgery and i m getting on the other side of the cancerjourney but i have a husband is a lesion on the back and has heard nothing, it s a good two tier system, there is no quality and had been given leaflets and for appointment summarising and simon has netted anything since he
surgery and started radiotherapy. but while her husband simon was told he had skin cancer last october, he still hasn t started treatment. i feel grateful that i have had my surgery and i m getting through the other side of the cancer journey, but i have a husband who has a lesion on his back that is massive, that has heard nothing. it s like a two tier system. there s no equality. i have been given leaflets, letters from appointments summarising what we have discussed. simon hasn t had anything since we have seen the dermatologist a year ago. it might not work for simon, but the plan to streamline waiting time targets is designed to help patients through their personal journeys. reducing the standards from nine to three, i think, will make things easier to understand for patients and will make the service focus on what is more meaningful for patients, so whether or not they have cancer, whether it will be treated in time, and how long the nhs is taking to do that whole process.
head to the bbc news website. you re live with bbc news here, health service officials in england say they plan to change cancer treatment waiting time targets with the aim of catching the disease earlier.they want to reduce the number of targets from nine to three. a faster diagnosis standard would mean that patients should have a diagnosis or be told they don t have cancer within 28 days. the changes have been under consultation since last year, and an outcome is expected within days. but some doctors have criticised the plan, saying it doesn t address a severe underinvestment in cancer treatment in the nhs. here s our health editor hugh pym two very different cancer stories in the same household. fiona was diagnosed with breast cancer in april and she has had surgery and started radiotherapy. but while her husband simon was told he had skin cancer last october, he still hasn t started treatment. i feel grateful that i have had my surgery and i m getting through the other side of t