Commenting on the publication of the Welsh Government’s new cancer plan, Darren Millar AM, Shadow Minister for Health and Social Services said:
“Whist I welcome the publication of the Welsh Government’s long overdue cancer action plan, there is no doubt that Labour’s health service cuts are going to make the plan incredibly difficult for the NHS to deliver.
“This plan needs to form part of a more comprehensive strategy to tackle cancer to give fresh hope to patients and their families.
“While we now have the action plan, Wales needs a Cancer Tsar who can help focus the minds of government to drive up standards in cancer care.
“Ministers also need to set up a Cancer Drugs Fund to end the postcode lottery in access and allow Welsh patients to access the 24 life-extending cancer medicines, which are readily available in England, but denied to patients in Labour’s NHS.”
