A BRADFORD doctor has backed a new 10-year Government plan to improve England’s cancer care after 50,000 fewer diagnoses were made nationally during the pandemic.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid says he is set to wage a “national war on cancer” in a speech introducing the proposals today.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said the plan would aim to boost the cancer workforce and increase research into technologies which help to detect the disease in its early stages.

 

It will also seek to tackle inequalities in healthcare across the country, including diagnosis times, and to improve prevention by addressing well-known risk factors such as smoking.

The call for evidence will be used to inform a final strategy expected later this year, which ministers hope will make England’s cancer care system “the best in Europe”.

Launching today and running for eight weeks, it is open to the public and seeks input from cancer patients, their relatives and NHS workers.

 

Speaking on today's Good Morning Britain, Dr Amir explained the plans, adding: "Cancer is the biggest cause of death in the UK.

"It's a multi-pronged approach to improving the outcomes in cancer.

"I'm not sure what I feel about the term 'war on cancer'.

"Anything that improves these outcomes is a good thing."