The national bowel cancer audit has revealed improvements in patient care but large regional differences in treatment.
Mortality for surgery has consistently improved but the percentage of patients undergoing major surgery requiring a colostomy bag ranged from 2.9 per cent to 66.7 per cent.
At a recent AstraZeneca UK sponsored HSJ roundtable event for NHS stakeholders, I had the privilege of hearing directly from clinicians, digital leads, and operational decision-makers across multiple cancer pathways.
WINNER East of England Cancer Alliance: Closing The Gap on Cancer Waits in the East of England
WINNER The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust: Empowering Teenage and Young Adults - a Co-Produced Resource Explaining Cancer Research, Enabling TYA’s to Make Informed Decisions Around Their Care
An integrated care board has been told to re-run a tender worth £82m after making a string of errors in the process, including failing to properly assess value for money.
A hospital has denied its chief executive was “confrontational” at a meeting with a billionaire donor.
A trust has been ordered to re-run part of a procurement process after a watchdog ruled it did not respond promptly to requests for information from an unsuccessful bidder.
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