cancer deaths" unless the NHS can rapidly deas with a backlog of almost 400,000 screenings delayed during the coronavirus lockdown.
Labour made the stark warning after the Scottish Government confirmed 396,736 breast, bowel and cervical screenings were postponed since lockdown began.
Smear tests to detect cervical cancer were phased back in at the end of June, while the national screening programme should restart from August 3.
Scottish Labour health spokesperson Monica Lennon, who obtained the figres, called for the Scottish Government to introduce "a fully resourced plan to restart and prioritise cancer screening and treatment" across Scotland.Lennon said: "Most cancer services were stopped when Covid-19 struck – 400,000 missed.
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