Health: Cancer Debate
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Lord Colwyn
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Health: Cancer
Lord Colwyn Excerpts(11 years, 8 months ago)
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Earl Howe
I agree with the noble Baroness, and it is part of the reason why we felt that the recent health service reforms to align clinical decision-making with financial decision-making were so important. The reason why this country lags behind has been clearly set out in a number of documents and, broadly speaking, it is because patients do not present early enough with their symptoms and doctors do not refer early enough to specialist consultants for treatment. There is a lot of work to do there, and I am sure that the noble Baroness will be reassured to know that there will be no let-up in that area.
Lord Colwyn
My Lords, we are five, six or seven minutes into this Question, but I am not sure I understand what a cancer network is.