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Patients waiting two years for treatment as NHS “reaches breaking point”

Elaine Binns has been waiting more than two years for the correct treatment for a severe skin condition

By Leanne Simmons

A PATIENT who has been waiting for treatment for nearly two years for a severe skin condition agrees with the British Medical Association’s claim that the NHS is at “breaking point”.Read More »Patients waiting two years for treatment as NHS “reaches breaking point”

Breast cancer: lumps are not the only symptom, say campaigners

Women in Leeds are being urged to be aware of breast cancer symptoms in a campaign launched today by Public Health England (PHE).

Almost two-hundred women aged seventy and over in Leeds are diagnosed with breast cancer each year; last year more than five-hundred women in Yorkshire and the Humber died of breast cancer, according to PHE Leeds.

Read More »Breast cancer: lumps are not the only symptom, say campaigners