All Cancer articles – Page 15
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Boris Johnson’s secret integration intervention
This week the HSJ Health Check podcast hears how Number 10’s mission to integrate health and social care services has ramped up with some contentious thoughts, and discuss the NHS’ overall progress in its move towards integrated care systems.
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CommentCovid has been ‘devastating’ for lung cancer diagnosis
We need to act collectively and urgently to rebuild and recover from the consequences of the pandemic on lung cancer and get back on track to deliver a step change in lung cancer outcomes. By Professor Robert Rintoul
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CommentThe future of cancer screening
Taking a glimpse into the possible future of cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment in the UK and globally, by Sir Harpal Kumar
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The real route to reopening a fragile service
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Why NHS bosses are braced for more slaps and fewer claps
This week we look at the latest NHS performance data and discuss hospitals’ chances of hitting crucial waiting time targets, as winter approaches.
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CommentThe nation will have to live with ultra long waiting times while pressure persists
Ultra long waits will be difficult to solve until the NHS can keep up with demand. By Rob Findlay
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NewsReplacement of ‘woefully out of date’ national IT systems delayed
The replacement of a cervical cancer screening system which “failed” thousands of patients has been delayed.
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HSJ PartnersHow the pandemic can help build back stronger services for cancer patients
Emmanuèle Claeys, Oncology Business Unit Leader for Lilly’s Northern European Hub, discusses the impact of the pandemic on cancer care and the opportunity to build back stronger for patients
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HSJ LocalTrust says ‘game-changing’ deal will expand capacity by 25pc
An integrated trust has opened a “game-changing” first-of-its-kind imaging facility together with a private company in a bid to “sustainably” increase diagnostic capacity amid rising backlogs of patients, according to its chief executive.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The new pandemic
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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NewsTrusts must ‘stabilise’ waiting lists and eliminate two-year waiters by March
Trusts have been told to hold the line on elective performance, keeping year-plus waiters at current levels, and eliminate two-year waiters by the end of March.
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CommentThe true cost of cancer nursing shortages
When the pandemic hit, an already short-staffed cancer workforce was depleted even further. The nursing workforce are struggling to cope with high vacancy rates and extreme workload pressures. By Steven McIntosh
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HSJ LocalMajor trust forced to restrict chemotherapy amid staff shortages
A major acute trust in the East Midlands has been forced to restrict how much chemotherapy it is able to offer due to staff shortages.
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NewsWinners of HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2021 revealed
Last night’s HSJ Patient Safety Awards celebrated the innovative work of frontline NHS teams in a year when the challenge and necessity of keeping the public safe had never been greater.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2021:Improving Safety in Medicines Management Award
Partnered by WINNER: Royal Surrey FT: St Luke’s Cancer Centre and Pharmacy Team Delivery of Safe Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment During the Covid-19 Pandemic
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2021: Improving Care for Older People Initiative of the Year
WINNER Pennine Acute Trust: Teaching Patient and Carers to Inject Chemotherapeutic Drug in the Comfort of Their Own House to Enhance Quality of Life and Avoid Unnecessary Hospital Commute and Exposure During the Pandemic
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2021: Patient Safety Team of the Year
Partnered by WINNER Royal Surrey FT: St Luke’s Cancer Centre and Pharmacy Team Delivery of Safe Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment During the Covid-19 Pandemic
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HSJ PartnersClinical engagement in service development holds the key to embedding innovation in cancer services
This is paid-for content from our commercial partners. Find out more This article was organised and fully funded by Bristol Myers Squibb, and developed in collaboration by BMS and HSJ. This article has no promotional intent. Bristol-Myers Squibb does not intend to encourage the use ...
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News‘Everything up for grabs’ as NHS reviews ‘long-term plan’ goals
NHS England is reviewing the commitments to improve services made in its long-term plan, with senior officials believing many of them cannot be met under last week’s funding settlement and after the damage of the pandemic, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local‘Severe pressures’ driving two-month waits for urgent scans
A trust in the Midlands has cited ‘severe pressures’ on its imaging department which mean patients are waiting more than two months for urgent scans that should normally happen within two weeks.