The NHS Bus-ting Cancer Tour is hitting the road again to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer.

On Monday 27 November the NHS in England will take the tour to Grimsby in a specially designed bus, with NHS staff and a nurse from Cancer Research UK available to encourage people who are worried about a cancer symptom to contact their GP practice. ​The bus will visit Grimsby Asda Supercentre at Holles Street, DN32 9DL between 10am and 4pm.

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Part of the NHS Help Us, Help You campaign, the bus will visit towns and cities which have some of the lowest early diagnosis rates, during a week-long roadshow which will also include Coventry, Nottingham, Basildon and Portsmouth.​

The tour aims to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer and encourage people to contact their GP practice if they notice something in their body that doesn’t feel right. The campaign reminds people that finding cancer early makes it more treatable and can save lives. ​Health professionals will be on hand to share further information and help people without a GP practice to sign up to their local service. ​

​While the majority (79%) of respondents in Yorkshire agreed that early detection of cancer can significantly increase chances of successful treatment, 44% said they wouldn’t make an appointment with their GP if they noticed a change in their body which they thought could be cancer. ​In the North East, 84% of respondents agreed early detection increased chances of successful treatment for cancer while 44% said they wouldn’t make a GP appointment if they noticed a change in their body.

Dr Faisel Baig, GP and Regional Medical Director for Primary Care, NHS England North East and Yorkshire, said: “The NHS Bus-ting Cancer Tour aims to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer and encourage people to contact their GP practice if they notice something in their body that doesn’t feel right, because finding cancer early makes it more treatable and can save lives. Don’t carry the worry of cancer with you – if something in your body doesn’t feel right contact your GP practice.​”

​For more information on cancer signs and symptoms go to nhs.uk/cancersymptoms

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