The Gloucestershire Echo has claimed one of the fastest-ever newspaper campaign victories by helping to secure three new cancer scanners for a local hospital within days.
The Northcliffe-owned daily revealed that two of the three breast cancer scanners in the area were broken, resulting in longer waiting times for patients. It then published a five-page investigation into how Cheltenham-based cancer charity the Cobalt Unit Appeal Fund had £9m in the bank. Four days after the story appeared, the charity agreed to replace all three of the scanners at a cost of £300,000.
Echo editor Anita Syvret said the decision as a victory for common sense. She said: “Although patients weren’t being turned away, the waiting times had risen. We felt that was unacceptable.
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We were delighted that the charity agreed to replace the scanners so quickly.”
Reporter Charlie Webb wrote the Cobalt investigation.
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