Free NHS lung cancer screening checks are being offered to people aged 55 to 74 in Leeds who have smoked, with a mobile CT scanner touring locations across the city over the next two years. The programme builds on a local trial that screened 8,800 people and detected over 400 cancers, most at an early stage.
Marie Tilley from Arberth found a breast lump in 2017 at the age of 38 and, after a year of being turned away, insisted on a mammogram that confirmed breast cancer. She has since recovered, works as a barber in Arberth and has started a support group with around 30 members.
Perfume entrepreneur Jo Malone has donated £100,000 to Medical Detection Dogs in Milton Keynes to speed up work on the SniffSpace electronic nose, which is modelled on dogs' scent-detection abilities. The charity plans to install the device in the coming months so its dogs can sniff more samples and generate more robust data. Scientists hope it could help the NHS identify cancer in patients earlier.
Plans have been lodged for a £25m Community Diagnostic Centre in Bilston, designed to speed up access to medical tests and scans. The centre would sit beside the WV Active Bilston-Bert Williams leisure centre as part of a new health and wellbeing hub, subject to council approval.
