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| Lord Lansley calls for better screening after revealing cancer | Lord Lansley calls for better screening after revealing cancer |
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| Former Conservative health secretary Andrew Lansley has revealed he has bowel cancer, and has called on the government to improve the NHS’s current screening programme for the disease. | Former Conservative health secretary Andrew Lansley has revealed he has bowel cancer, and has called on the government to improve the NHS’s current screening programme for the disease. |
| Lord Lansley, who served in the cabinet under David Cameron, has stage 3 bowel cancer, but has said there is “every reason to hope” he will survive the illness long-term. | Lord Lansley, who served in the cabinet under David Cameron, has stage 3 bowel cancer, but has said there is “every reason to hope” he will survive the illness long-term. |
| As health secretary, the 61-year-old helped launch the “bowelscope” screening programme for people over 54, but governments cuts, a lack of endoscopists and problems with IT systems have hampered the system’s delivery, currently only available to around half of the population, Lansley told the Daily Telegraph. | As health secretary, the 61-year-old helped launch the “bowelscope” screening programme for people over 54, but governments cuts, a lack of endoscopists and problems with IT systems have hampered the system’s delivery, currently only available to around half of the population, Lansley told the Daily Telegraph. |
| Lansley echoed calls from BBC presenter George Alagiah, who has stage 4 bowel cancer, to reduce the age of NHS screening for the disease to 50. The former health secretary also said the government should invest in a better screening tests. | Lansley echoed calls from BBC presenter George Alagiah, who has stage 4 bowel cancer, to reduce the age of NHS screening for the disease to 50. The former health secretary also said the government should invest in a better screening tests. |
| Scottish health system quicker to spot cancer, says George Alagiah | Scottish health system quicker to spot cancer, says George Alagiah |
| He wrote: “When I was health secretary, among the early plans for cancer investment that David Cameron and I announced in October 2010 was a commitment to introduce a one-off flexible Sigmoidoscopy, or “bowelscope” test, at age 55, with a pilot leading to a national roll-out across England by the end of 2016.” | He wrote: “When I was health secretary, among the early plans for cancer investment that David Cameron and I announced in October 2010 was a commitment to introduce a one-off flexible Sigmoidoscopy, or “bowelscope” test, at age 55, with a pilot leading to a national roll-out across England by the end of 2016.” |
| “If this had happened, I would have been called to this new screening programme. But the “bowelscope” is only available to about 50% of the population. A lack of endoscopists and difficulties with IT have frustrated delivery. Bowelscope could save 3,000 lives a year, but training and recruiting endoscopists and support staff will take years.” | “If this had happened, I would have been called to this new screening programme. But the “bowelscope” is only available to about 50% of the population. A lack of endoscopists and difficulties with IT have frustrated delivery. Bowelscope could save 3,000 lives a year, but training and recruiting endoscopists and support staff will take years.” |
| He continued: “Health Education England is getting more resources for training more NHS staff, reversing the Treasury-imposed cut to the Health Education England budget in 2014 (when it was treated, wrongly, as a budget not within the NHS ‘ring-fence’). There is a screening programme using the faecal occult blood test, at age 60, but it is blunt and misses too many cancers.” | He continued: “Health Education England is getting more resources for training more NHS staff, reversing the Treasury-imposed cut to the Health Education England budget in 2014 (when it was treated, wrongly, as a budget not within the NHS ‘ring-fence’). There is a screening programme using the faecal occult blood test, at age 60, but it is blunt and misses too many cancers.” |
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