CANCER SERVICE IN BRITAIN
Modern Facilities To Be Available MEASURE INTRODUCED IN PARLIAMENT (British Official Wireless) (Received December 2, 5.5 p.m.) RUGBY, December 1. A Bill to make further provision for the treatment of cancer was read for the first time in the House of Commons. The main purpose of the Bill is to establish a cancer service under which, in every part of the country, modem facilities for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer will'be available. The Bill places an obligation on major local authorities to consult with the Radium Commission and. bodies representing voluntary hospitals and the local medical profession to prepare and submit for the approval of the Minister of Health arrangements for securing facilities for the treatment of cancer and adequate for the needs of the areas concerned. One clause in the Bill prohibits advertisements of offers to cure cancer and advertisements referring to articles in terms calculated to lead to their use in the treatment of cancer.
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Southland Times, Issue 23682, 3 December 1938, Page 7
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162CANCER SERVICE IN BRITAIN Southland Times, Issue 23682, 3 December 1938, Page 7
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