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<p>Cancer is a priority. As well as a £325 million investment in diagnostic machines,
we have provided an additional £1 billion to the National Health Service to tackle
the elective backlog,and ensure there is sufficient capacity in place to diagnose
and treat the additional people coming into the system. To encourage patients to come
forward to their general practitioner if they have symptoms, we launched the successful
‘Help us Help you’ campaign. NHS England also recently published Priorities and Operational
Planning Guidance, highlighting that cancer recovery remains a priority for the NHS
as a whole. Systems should meet the increased level of referrals and treatment required
to address the shortfall in number of first treatments by March 2022.</p>
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