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NHS introducing targets to ensure cancer patients given effective diagnosis or all-clear within four weeks
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To be honest I think that the system is fine as it is. I was told within 2 weeks on both occasions that I had a scare, friends have been told within 48 hours of an initial consultation and my dad was told 3 days after hospital admittance.
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That's really good to hear - maybe this time they are targeting something that is working fine as it is :)
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The National Health Service will introduce a new cancer target to ensure patients are given a definitive diagnosis or the all-clear within four weeks of being referred by their GP.
Read the whole article here -
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/nhs-introducing-targets-to-ensure-cancer-patients-given-effective-diagnosis-or-allclear-within-four-weeks-10498300.html
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