€˜One stop shops’ for cancer could help speed up diagnosis and save lives

New €˜one-stop shops’ designed to speed-up cancer diagnosis and help save lives are being rolled out across the country. Rapid diagnostic and assessment centres are being piloted in ten areas as part of NHS England’s drive to catch cancer early and speed up diagnosis for people with cancer. Each of the centres will operate in a different way to ensure they meet the needs of their local communities. However, all have the same purpose €“ to diagnose cancers early in people who do not have €˜alarm symptoms’ for a specific type of cancer. People with vague, non-specific symptoms, such as