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Rachael Burford

Ed Davey promises legal guarantee on cancer treatment starting time during conference speech

The Liberal Democrats would give cancer patients a legal right to start treatment within two months of being referred, Sir Ed Davey has said.

During his first autumn conference speech as party leader, he said more quickly treating urgent cases of the disease would “boost survival rates” and cut NHS spending.

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