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Shadow health secretary considered using private healthcare after finding lump

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Wes Streeting, who underwent cancer treatment in 2021, said he had been ‘terrified’ after recently finding a suspicious lump.

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said he considered using private healthcare during a recent health scare.

Wes Streeting, who underwent treatment for cancer in 2021, told ITV1’s Peston that, on being told recently that he needed to have a scan, his first thought had been how long the referral would take. “I never, ever thought those words would cross my lips, I never thought that thought would cross my mind, but I think that’s the choice that lots of people around the country have been forced to make.

The question of private healthcare has been raised several times during the General Election campaign after Sir Keir Starmer said he would not pay to go private if he or a loved one faced a long wait for NHS treatment, while Rishi Sunak said he would.

 

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