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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Jeremy Hunt’s sobering realisation about bureaucracy and box ticking
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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CommentThe National Cancer Plan contains many unanswered questions
The National Cancer Plan is a welcome response to the facts: England lags behind on cancer outcomes, and rising incidence will challenge systems even further. But, says Cancer Research UK, with the right focus on evidence and delivery, the plan could yield results
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NewsKey cancer target pushed back seven years
Ministers have pushed back the NHS’s objective to diagnose more cancers at an earlier stage by nearly seven years, in their new 10-year cancer plan.
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HSJ PartnersWhat can ctDNA tell us about a patient’s cancer?
Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) is transforming how we diagnose and treat complex cancers, particularly when clinical pathways are constrained by the speed, safety, and limitations of tissue biopsy.
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CommentWhy so many acute oncology services are unsafe by design
Despite their central role in cancer care, Acute Oncology Services remain underdesigned and overreliant on professional goodwill. Workforce redesign, not resilience, is now the critical safety issue
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CommentNeighbourhood health services must not ignore severe mental illness
Integrated neighbourhood health services must prioritise severe mental illness, or risk deepening one of the UK’s most profound and preventable health inequalities
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News‘Shocking decline’ in cancer waits at laggard trusts
Nearly half of all trusts recorded a drop in their 62-day cancer performance over the past year, official data shows, as system leaders gear up to publish new national strategy.
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HSJ LocalRegional cancer centre joins New Hospital Programme
A funding route has finally been agreed to finance the relocation of a regional cancer centre from North London to a new, purpose-built facility in Watford.
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NewsRegion seeks firm to replace ‘ageing critical infrastructure’
Six trusts in the West Midlands are letting a £290m contract to build and run a regional sterile drugs production unit, to replace current outdated facilities.
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News‘Don’t railroad GPs into neighbourhood health,’ says NHS London chief
The head of the NHS in London has warned against “railroading” GPs into providing more neighbourhood services.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Leeds failures highlight the tragic costs of ‘normal birth’ ideology
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsPathology firm struggling to return tests in time
Patients at a major London teaching trust risk having their care delayed because its pathology services provider is failing to meet agreed standards.
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HSJ PartnersClinically led, patient first: Redefining specialist care in dermatology
When lead clinician Andrew Morris reflects on the origins of the Sussex Community Dermatology Service (SCDS), one principle has guided every decision: putting the patient at the centre.
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HSJ InteractiveWATCH: How clinical trials and research can reshape cancer patient experience
Welcome to the latest in HSJ’s series of videos, created in collaboration with AstraZeneca for Cancer: Project Zero.
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NewsTrust's divided exec and 'fundamental care' failures revealed
A hospital trust’s new CEO has declared that its board and executive team are divided and isolated, its care standards are failing, and it is sitting on a hidden budget gap.
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News‘Systemic’ failings resulted in avoidable cancer harm
A decade-long pattern of “systemic” leadership and governance failures led to avoidable patient harm in a trust’s breast cancer service, a highly critical review has found.
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HSJ PartnersSpotlighting the hidden challenges facing people living with blood cancer
This content has been developed and funded by Pfizer UK. Cancer is one of the biggest challenges of our lifetime. At Pfizer UK, we are determined to use our voice and position at the forefront of oncology care to help improve outcomes for cancer care and ensure no patient gets ...
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Money troubles
This week Ben Clover fills in for Annabelle Collins and is joined by Ella Devereux and Zoe Tidman.
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CommentThe neighbourhood care model that is already making a difference
With 27 centres offering drop-in cancer support without appointments or waiting lists, Maggie’s believes it has already built the neighbourhood health model the NHS is trying to design
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Expert BriefingThe Download: When the App gets there first
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Ben Clover and Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.