Wales deserves cancer treatment equity.

Patients here have been seven times less likely to access some cancer treatments than their counterparts in England.

Huge delays in treatment only add to that unfair disparity. Welsh Labour’s target for treating urgent cases of cancer hasn’t been met in 7 years. Delays between diagnosis and treatment create huge added worry for patients and their families and can often result in poorer outcomes.

We would introduce a fund dedicated to boosting access to cancer treatments.

Rosemary Greenslade, from Clydach, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012 and was initially refused the drug. After paying a sum of approximately 20 thousand pounds to obtain a course of Avastin herself, Rosemary’s second application to Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board was successful

You can hear Rosemary talk in her own words here: https://audioboom.com/boos/2623652-rosemary-s-story

A petition - calling for a cancer drugs fund in Wales - was recently handed to Welsh Conservatives at the National Assembly. It was signed by almost 100,000 people.