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Home News Video News Business Sport Entertainment The Guest List The Mouthpiece Photo Galleries Community Competitions Letters Weather Family Notices Horoscopes Yesteryear Advertising Features Restaurant Guide Travel & Events Leisure Student Central Puzzles Paper Subscriptions Photosales Place An Advert Classifieds fish4jobs fish4cars fish4homes Advertising 2008 Sponsored Events Wedding Album Bridal Fayre Local Links Contact Us About Us	27/3/2008 Surrey Local News Health secretary praises cancer screening hub By Richard Pain. Health Secretary Alan Johnson spoke to Stephen Halloran and Jo Slyfield at the screening hub HEALTH Secretary Alan Johnson has officially opened a cancer screening unit serving 13 million people across the south of England. Mr Johnson spent Thursday morning touring the southern hub of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme, which is based at the University of Surrey's Postgraduate Medical School in Guildford. The hub, which began its work in 2006, is a partnership between the university and Royal Surrey County Hospital. It will eventually screen people living in counties from Cornwall to Kent and up to Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. “I’m enormously impressed by what I’ve seen here,” Mr Johnson said. “This is a great coalition between the NHS and the University of Surrey. This is a world class facility and it’s a world first.” During his visit, Mr Johnson spent time speaking to clinicians at the hub as well as patients who have received treatment. First printed in: Surrey Advertiser Online Email to a friend / Links to other websites NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Royal Surrey County Hospital University of Surrey Surrey Advertiser Online are not responsible for the content of external websites.	Other Headlines Injured basketball star is walking again Residents’ anger over road safety scheme Young father jailed for shaking baby son to death Car pursued along A3 in homophobic incident Man denies police officer assault charge Anniversary for Surrey Hills protected landscape Barbershop choir on song for success Anti-incinerator group's waste plan challenge Cash machine theft suspects' bail extended Campaigners fear a loosening of the green belt Castle farmer slams planning appeal process Man killed in another A3 collision Two fined for foot-and-mouth receipts scam More News Still want more news? All our published articles are here.
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