GUILDFORD’S Tory MP Ann Milton was special guest when her neighbouring MP – Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt – officially opened an innovative new form of radiotherapy installed at St Luke’s Cancer Centre to target inoperable brain tumours.

Mr Hunt joined staff, patients and dignitaries at the special ceremony at Guildford’s Royal Surrey County Hospital, to signal the start of intracranial stereotactic radiotherapy (ISR), which was acquired thanks to a £1million fundraising campaign.

The targeted cutting-edge technique allows patients to receive a high dose of treatment in one sitting, rather than having to attend multiple sessions over a number of weeks.

Mr Hunt said: “It is wonderful to have another good news story from the NHS and particularly the improvements in cancer treatment we can offer in the UK

“Equipment like this is invaluable and already proving its worth for patients suffering from inoperable brain tumours.

“We should be very proud of the services offered to patients here at the Royal Surrey and especially the fantastic staff who do some amazing work.”