Thread by @DrAmarahmed

I co-authored this essay on the dire state of Cancer Care in the UK with national treasures @prof_price and @ProfWishart which was published in The Lancet (@TheLancetOncol_) today. Let's hope the policymakers listen...
thelancet.com/journals/lanon…

Here's a good summary:
independent.co.uk/news/health/nh…

It’s very clear that Britain is in the midst of a growing cancer emergency. Just as there was a concerted national effort to tackle the COVID Pandemic, we need a similar national drive to address the declining state of cancer diagnosis and treatment in the UK.

Freeing up frontline clinicians from needless box-ticking NHS bureaucracy will go some way to improve the NHS capacity to tackle this emergency.
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