Sir Ed Davey has urged the Scottish Government to speed up progress on Anne’s Law as a vital protection for people in care.
15.06.2024 - 22:29 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Labour is promising an extra 40,000 appointments, tests and scans a week at evenings and weekends if it wins the General Election, as part of a plan to 'catch cancer' earlier.
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting, who recently received treatment for liver cancer, said “thousands of patients have waited too long for tests, scans and treatment”.
Whilst a 46 percent increase in the number of radiotherapy treatment machines could help “spare families the heartbreak of losing a loved one” to cancer, the Liberal Democrats have claimed.
READ MORE: 'It feels like you're fighting a losing battle... nothing ever changes'
Both Labour and the Lib Dems have set out their pledges to cut cancer waiting times if either or both are able to form a government after the national poll on Thursday, July 4.
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, who lost both his parents to cancer, said he wanted to “end the tragedy of people losing their lives because cancer treatment took too long to start."
The Liberal Democrats have proposed a £1 billion boost for radiotherapy equipment and claim an extra 200 machines would “put the NHS in England amongst the top of the league tables of the number of machines per million people”.
It is part of the party’s pledge to introduce a legal guarantee that every cancer patient should receive treatment within 62 days of an urgent referral. Sir Ed said: “Like millions of people around the country, I know what it’s like to have your life turned upside down by cancer.
“Thankfully, survival rates and treatments have improved since I lost both my parents to cancer growing up. But there is so much more we must do to improve cancer care and spare families the heartbreak of losing a loved one to this terrible disease.
Sir Ed Davey has urged the Scottish Government to speed up progress on Anne’s Law as a vital protection for people in care.
The road from Manchester to Marple is littered with political signs popping out from the gardens.
Sir Ed Davey has defended one of his Lib Dem candidates in Greater Manchester who made a 'very bad joke' when she asked if a voter from Liverpool had been 'nicking stuff'. Lisa Smart, who is hoping to become an MP in Hazel Grove, has apologised for the comments.
The highly-anticipated Netflix adaptation of a popular book series is landing on Netflix this August.
The Lib Dem candidate in Hazel Grove has offered a "fulsome apology" after making an anti-Liverpool slur while campaigning.
Thomas Markle has revealed he's worried he could die without ever meeting his grandchildren.The estranged dad of Meghan Markle shared that both he and King Charles have been treated "so badly" by Prince Harry and Meghan over the years.The Duchess of Sussex's father, who didn't walk her down the aisle and has never met his grandchildren Archie and Lilibet, said the last decade of his life has been "overshadowed" by the drama. He told the Mail: "Neither of us deserves the treatment we've received. Why have they treated not only me but the Royal Family and the King so badly? Archie and Lilibet have two grandpas who want to see them, one of whom is the King of England." It's reported that King Charles has also rarely seen the children, as Harry and Meghan left the Royal family and moved to California in 2020.
NHS waiting lists and the number of people stuck in A&E for over four hours rose across England in April - and now you can see how they have grown at your trust over the last 13 years.
It is just over two weeks until the general election takes places on Thursday, July 4. The main political parties have now released their manifestos which lay out their plans in a bid to convince undecided voters.
reported last June that Tony-winning “Shucked” actor Alex Newell strolled in at 6 a.m.“It was already ‘Last call.’ The hotel venue was officially shutting. And in flounces Alex,” Cindy wrote.Unhinged glamor is the vibe of the gathering, hosted by PR man Rick Miramontez and his husband, Jamie DuMont, since 2009, when it was a more intimate (and secret) affair in the Royal Suite with the ragtag hippies of “Hair.” Their 15-year-old soiree, which is also co-hosted by John Gore, was inspired by the wild dinners Joan Didion and her husband would throw in Malibu, Calif., during the 1960s and ’70s, when they’d make 2 a.m.
The friendship bracelets have been made, the outfits carefully crafted and the gig chants learned. It's official. Taylor Swift's highly-anticipated Eras Tour has touched down in the UK.
“The French Connection,” has died. He was 87.His representative confirmed on Wednesday that he died of prostate cancer.“Tony Lo Bianco passed away last night at his horse farm in Maryland after a battle with prostate cancer,” the rep’s statement to Fox News read.
The first ever Green MSP has handed Scottish Labour a pre-election boost by joining Anas Sarwar’s party.
King Charles is reportedly keen on building a stronger bond with Prince Harry's children, according to insiders. Despite battling cancer since February, the monarch is thought to have expressed his dissatisfaction with only seeing Archie, five, and two year old Lilibet via video calls, having met Archie only a few times and Lilibet once.
Stockport's rivers could be saved from sewage by giving them 'protected status', the Lib Dems say. The party's candidate to be Hazel Grove's next MP, Lisa Smart, said sewage in waterways is an issue that has not been tackled by the Conservatives.
Thousands of candidates are standing to be an MP at the general election on July 4 with some political parties standing in almost every seat in Britain. The Conservatives, Labour, the Lib Dems and the Greens have the highest number with Reform UK close behind.
Controversial plans for a 99-home development on land in Wigan which is no longer designated as Green Belt look set to be approved. The Bellway Homes development is earmarked for eight acres of land at Silk Street in the Mosley Common area of Tyldesley.
When we meet Douglas Alexander in popular North Berwick cafe Cake, he’s waiting on a bacon roll.
Rishi Sunak has issued a grovelling apology after skipping a major D-Day ceremony to carry out a general election TV interview.
The Labour Party's Liverpool West Derby candidate Ian Byrne has insisted that it would be the 'end of football' if Manchester City won their legal case against the Premier League.
King Charles is set to be represented by the Prince of Wales at a D-Day event for the first time since he began his treatment for cancer. Appearing on ITV's Lorraine, The Mirror's Royal Editor Russell Myers confirmed that The King is attending the British memorial in Normandy on Thursday morning, 6 June, as part of the D-Day commemorations, but will not be attending the international event with world leaders on Omaha Beach later in the afternoon.