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£10 million investment in cancer care in Scotland
The Scottish Government has announced that a £10 million fund is being provided to Health Boards across the country to improve cancer waiting times.
The funding will be directed to where it is most needed in each region, and could be used for enhancing staff skills, investing in diagnostic tests and supporting evening and weekend working so more patients can be seen.
Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf announced the fund while visiting one of Scotland’s first Early Cancer Diagnostic Centres (ECDC) in Fife, which will see patients with non-specific symptoms suspicious of cancer receiving a diagnosis – cancer or not – within 21 days of referral.
He said: “Limiting the impact of Covid-19 on cancer patients has been a top priority in all of our planning, with the majority of vital cancer treatments continuing throughout the pandemic. Our commitment to finding and treating cancer as early as possible has never been greater. The establishment of Scotland’s first three Early Cancer Diagnostic Centres demonstrates this. We had pledged to open three centres within the first 100 days of this Government, so I’m delighted to say we’ve delivered on that commitment.
“This £10 million will enable Boards to further recover and redesign cancer services for patients across Scotland and drive improvements in waiting times.”
The Scottish Government published the National Cancer Recovery Plan in December 2020, backed by investment of up to £114.5 million that will support cancer patients to have equitable access to care regardless of where they live.
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