Department of Health and Social Care

🤝 @JamesFrith welcomes @AshleyDalton_MP to the department as an adviser on the National Cancer Plan.

The former health minister, who is living with metastatic breast cancer, will work directly with Minister Frith to make sure patients are at the heart of the plan.

"Le Roy le veult" - Eighty years ago today, King George VI gave his Royal Assent to the 1946 National Health Service Act, commanding the establishment of a comprehensive service to improve the nation's health.

A visionary ambition brought to life.

🎥 @jamesfrith speaks on @LBCNews about the new world-first trial to find out whether blood tests can spot abdominal cancers sooner.

An early cancer diagnosis can be lifesaving.

That's why we're backing a world-first trial to investigate whether simple blood tests can spot some of the most common cancers in their earliest stages.

Innovation like this is key to our National Cancer Plan.

✅ 125 more MRI and CT scanners from April 2024
✅ An extra million scans
✅ Another NHS community diagnostic centre opened

📍 @KarinSmyth looks inside the new Manchester and Trafford CDC where @MFTnhs provide vital checks and tests in the heart of the local community.