Charity: Blood cancer needs to be spotted earlier

A charity has said family doctors need to be able to spot more cases of blood cancer at an earlier stage.

Leukaemia Care said GPs need better knowledge of blood cancers such as leukaemia so they can help diagnose patients when their cancer is at an earlier stage.

More than half of patients with the condition are only diagnosed after they have gone to hospital as an emergency case, the charity said.

This often means that their cancer is at a more advanced stage and can be harder to treat.