<p>Survival Rates for Cancer</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:01 pm on 22 November 2016.

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(Translated)

It is well-known that survival rates of cancer are lower for those who receive a diagnosis through accident and emergency departments in hospitals. It’s also known that there is some inequality in terms of who is likely to get a diagnosis in an A&E department, and that the less wealthy are more likely to go through that process rather than going through alternative processes and getting over barriers in going to see their GP and so on. So, would the First Minister agree with me that the Government could look at introducing walk-in centres so that people who do have symptoms that they may have had for some time can actually go and get a check-up without going through the GP process in full?