BREAST cancer patients were dealt a major blow as funding for two specialist staff was withdrawn. The £26,000 funding needed for nursing staff Wendy Birtwistle and Hazel James, who gave advice in GP surgeries across the county, was stopped by East Lancashire Health Authority.
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