Personal experience, Season 7, Policy and campaigns, Secondary breast cancer
Ashley Dalton MP: What the National Cancer Plan means for you
Ashley Dalton, Labour MP and former Health Minister, joins Laura on the Breast Cancer Now podcast this week.
People with cancer aren’t just somebody with cancer. They’re also part of a family. They have a job, they may have children, all sorts of other things.
In this episode, Ashley reflects on her breast cancer diagnoses, and what working with incurable metastatic disease is like. She also talks about leading the development of the National Cancer Plan for England and why patients' experiences are essential for creating cancer policy.
Ashley discusses the importance of counting people with metastatic cancers, having a single patient file in the NHS, and pushing for real change.
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