The Investigation

The Sick Man of Europe

Thursday 29 November 2007 20:00-20:30 (Radio 4 FM)

Simon Cox asks why, despite huge government expenditure in recent years, cancer survival rates in the UK remain the worst in Western Europe. He reveals why government targets have resulted in some patients waiting too long for radiotherapy and asks whether an obsession with expensive new drugs has led to the neglect of other life-saving treatments.

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