Bupa UK launches specialist bowel cancer centres

The centres will aim to give patients access to diagnostic tests and, if required, onward care at a much faster pace by offering all initial cancer testing under one roof. The first three centres have opened at London Bridge Hospital, The Wellington Hospital and Bupa's Cromwell Hospital, with the provider stating plans to extend the network later this year. The need for further bowel cancer support follows findings that the condition is the second biggest cause of cancer deaths in the UK, affecting 43,000 people each year. Despite a large proportion of people being affected, recent...