Language teacher Dan Gough, 54, was diagnosed with a liver tumour in April and told an operation was his only hope. It came just days before PM Boris Johnson pledged cancer patients would “get the treatment they need”. The Mirror featured Dan’s plight in May and the next day he and wife Kerrie got a call to arrange a biopsy. The Institute for Public Policy Research revealed last month cancer treatments had fallen by as much as 40% during the pandemic. “The team at Aintree had been hamstrung by Government policy _they’ve been faultless and I can’t praise them enough.”

Source: Daily Mirror September 16, 2020 18:50 UTC