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Reports of their arrival comes as england s health secretary steve barclay went on the offensive on health issues this morning some believe a sign of the government s desire to move the conversation on after its focus last week on the small boats. labour has been critical today of both the new cancer targets and of the government s record on the nhs more broadly. we ll discuss the implications of all of this for the nation s health and for politics in a moment. first, here s kate. the proportion of uk patients surviving cancer has improved over the last few decades. take lung cancer, the uk s biggest cancer killer. between 1995 and 2014, the five year survival rate for the newly diagnosed increased by almost 8%. what the uk needs to be more worried about is that survival rates in other countries like denmark and australia, countries with broadly comparable healthcare access and expenditure, are still ahead. now, one thing we know is key to improving survival is early diagnosis and tr
Those and actually, the difference in those countries is that they do more diagnostics, those countries is that they do more diagnostics, they cast the net wider. diagnostics, they cast the net wider, and that is how you find canter wider, and that is how you find cancer more easily. but it should be said, cancer more easily. but it should be said. with cancer more easily. but it should be said, with these targets, the same patients said, with these targets, the same patients that are tracked today will be tracked once these new standards are in be tracked once these new standards are in place. be tracked once these new standards are in place, so it s really important for people at home to realise important for people at home to realise that. but important for people at home to realise that. important for people at home to realise that. ., , ., ., ,., ., realise that. but do you also agree that art realise that. but do you also agree that part of realise that. but