Early cancer deaths will rise unless NHS pay issues resolved, says charity boss

The Government must resolve the NHS’s workforce crisis and the pay row or it will become ‘harder and harder’ to prevent cancer patients dying early, the chief executive of Cancer Research UK has warned (Alamy/PA)

The Government must resolve the NHS’s workforce crisis and pay issues or it will become “harder and harder” to prevent cancer patients dying early, the chief executive of Cancer Research UK has warned.

The planned strikes by nurses and ambulance workers pose a serious threat to cancer patients despite NHS efforts to prioritise them, Michelle Mitchell said.