An analysis of more than 3,000 cancer patients has found cervical and lung cancer are more common in poor people and breast cancer and melanoma higher in the wealthy.
The findings from the North West Cancer Intelligence Service and the UK Association of Cancer Registries are published in the BMC Cancer journal.
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A “black hole” of vital critical care data, which is being collected by NHS England but not widely distributed, is hampering trusts’ ability to prepare for the coronavirus outbreak, chiefs have warned .
Coronavirus hospital admissions are expected to remain at around roughly 1,000-a-day for the next two to three weeks before “stabilising”, according to the government’s chief scientific adviser.
A covid-19 test centre for NHS workers has opened at Ikea’s Wembley store.
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