Labour's shadow health boss Wes Streeting has slammed the government's handling of the National Health Service as it was revealed that 34,000 people across Merseyside are waiting for a cancer scan.
Mr Streeting was in Merseyside yesterday to visit Clatterbridge Cancer Hospitals on both sides of the river. The shadow front bencher knows how important early diagnosis is after recovering from kidney cancer last year.
The Ilford North MP said he was deeply concerned at the waiting lists in Merseyside, a region that already suffers with poor health outcomes related to a range of social factors and long-term health issues in the population.
