Gemma Peters: The new government has an opportunity to fix our broken cancer care system

Gemma Peters shared on LinkedIn:

“Huge congratulations to our new Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The new government has an opportunity to fix our broken cancer care system and transform people’s experience of living with cancer.

I also want to personally thank the thousands of amazing Macmillan campaigners and our colleagues for championing the Macmillan General Election campaign. Together, we reached 90% of Parliamentary candidates with our call to revolutionise cancer care.

Despite the best efforts of our incredible healthcare professionals, cancer care is at breaking point. People with cancer are still waiting too long to begin their treatment, with UK cancer waiting times among the worst on record last year.

I hear from patients and their loved ones every day who tell me how this is causing them unbearable anxiety and worry, on top of everything else a diagnosis brings. Factors such as where you live, or your ethnicity are also having an impact on how fast you’ll be diagnosed and how you’ll be treated, which is unacceptable.

Time is ticking: we need to see concrete action that brings those waiting lists down, and work starting to deliver a funded, long-term, cross-government strategy that reimagines how we treat people with cancer.

At Macmillan Cancer Support, we’re ready to work with the new government to ensure everyone living with cancer in the UK receives the best care in the world.

So, wherever you are and whoever you are, you get the very best.”

Source: Gemma Peters/LinkedIn