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Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 24 July 2025

Debate

Minimally Invasive Cancer Therapies

Contribution

The noble Lord has identified an unexpected spin-off of being a Minister or shadow Minister in this place. The noble Lord makes a very important point. The fundamental basis of the 10-year plan is how we move to earlier diagnosis, with the three shifts, including moving treatment into the community. I have had personal experience; for example, where men who have been shy about going to a GP with concerns about their breathing have been taken out the GP route and allowed to go straight to a local X-ray department, where early stages have been picked up. All those innovative means already being used need to be rolled out. That is why the 10-year strategy is focusing on early prevention, shifting services to the community and making sure that we free up space within the acute sector for specialist services.

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