Cancer care: What can the NHS be taught from Denmark?
Half of us will develop most cancers sooner or later in our lives, in line with Cancer Research UK. And the pace of a analysis can usually be the distinction between life and loss of life.
Just a one-month delay can increase the chance of loss of life by as much as 10%. Yet in England, nearly a 3rd of most cancers sufferers wait greater than two months to begin remedy after an pressing GP referral – twice as many because the goal and a development that’s getting worse.
As the Westminster authorities prepares to publish its new 10-year most cancers plan – what can we be taught from elsewhere on this planet? In Denmark, for instance, most cancers ready lists have just about been eradicated and survival charges are rocketing.
Niall speaks to Sky’s well being correspondent Ashish Joshi and Jesper Fisker from the Danish Cancer Society.
Producer: Natalie Ktena & Sam Gruet
Editor: Mike Bovill
