Fast turnaround from cancer diagnosis to surgery

Cancer patient John from Shropshire, said he "can't praise enough" those who looked after him and the fast turnaround between when he was first diagnosed and then had surgery.

John said he had a PSA blood test which can help detect prostate cancer.

He had a raised level and was asked to come into his GP surgery the day after the result came in, and had an examination.

John said he was then put on to a two-week cancer care wait and within a fortnight he had an MRI scan at his local hospital. He also had a biopsy and a bone scan, and a urologist talked him through the whole procedure for his cancer.

He asked if the surgery could be after Christmas and he went into his local hospital early in January.