Learn more

The Liberal Democrat candidate bidding to become Bishop’s Stortord’s next MP has backed a manifesto pledge to improve cancer care. Cllr Helen Campbell said figures show 334 patients in East and North Herts waiting more than two months to start treatment. Her party wants a new legal right to start treatment within 62 days of an urgent referral as part of a plan to boost survival rates and improve treatment for those affected by the disease. The latest NHS figures show that, in the last year, over 100,000 cancer patients in England were left waiting more than 62 days to start treatment after an …

cuu