A Scottish opera singer who feared losing her voice to cancer has teamed up with two other survivors to release a song highlighting NHS wait times. Ms McGhee from Motherwell, in North Lanarkshire, who wrote the song, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer at the age of 28, after discovering a lump on her throat. “And then the few years following that, I was really concentrating on becoming a principal young artist in the opera world, which is incredibly difficult. The song, financially backed by insurer Zurich, aims to give a voice to the 77,000 people waiting more than two months for cancer treatment since GP referral this year. “It’s often quite tragic and if you have faced trauma, or you’ve faced something that’s quite tragic, then you really connect with these characters.

Source: The Times November 26, 2024 06:11 UTC