THE battle against breast cancer in East Lancashire - where two women a week die from the disease - was given a big boost today.

Hospitals in Blackburn and Burnley have been given more than £85,000 to improve the service.

For worried women, more breast cancer experts will be available. And new "one-stop" clinics will mean fewer visits to hospital and fewer anxious days.

But where is this extra funding coming from in an NHS that is ever struggling for funds?

It is part of the £10million pledged by the government for breast cancer services in the UK - cash released by the cuts they have ordered in NHS bureaucracy.

Let's see more of it. The benefits of the Tory reforms of the NHS are still a matter of debate, but one evident drawback was the explosion in management costs.

And Labour's bid to switch money to front-line patient care is what the public wants - fewer accountants and more hands-on care.

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