Every cancer patient in England will be offered free, one-to-one home care by specialist nurses if Labour wins the election, Gordon Brown is to pledge.
In a speech to the King’s Fund think tank today, the PM is expected to pledge access to home treatment for every cancer patient within five years.
Labour says this would save over £2.5bn a year by reducing hospital admissions.
But shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley called on ministers to say what they would cut to pay for the move.
The proposals on cancer treatment are expected to form part of a wider plan to give more patients the option of receiving chemotherapy, dialysis and palliative care without travelling to hospital.
But the Conservatives are sceptical, arguing that while they support specialist nursing, the plan could cost £100m.
Read more at BBC Health.
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