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22/10/2013

Why does it take so long for patients to get new treatments? Lord Saatchi explains why he's campaigning for more widespread use of trial drugs. Plus 'Go Home' vans scrapped.

Our weekly health feature explores new drugs trials, and why it takes so long for patients to get them. Lord Saatchi, whose wife died of cancer last year, tabled a Private Member's Bill calling for it to be easier for them to be more widely used. He tells Shelagh why.

The Government has decided to scrap the controversial 'Go Home' vans aimed at encouraging illegal immigrants to go home. Talks in London pave the way for Syria peace talks in Geneva next month.

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Tue 22 Oct 2013 12:00
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