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Pharmacists to assess cancer symptoms and refer patients to specialists

NHS scheme aims to speed up diagnosis process and take workload off GPs

People with potential signs of cancer will be able to get assessed and referred for a hospital checkup in high street pharmacies under new NHS plans to speed up diagnosis of the disease.

The scheme will mean that those in England with lumps, a cough, bleeding or other cancer symptoms will no longer need to see a GP before being referred to a specialist. It will take some of the workload off hard-pressed family doctors and give patients another option.

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