All Cancer articles – Page 16
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NewsExclusive: Public satisfaction with NHS maternity and A&E soars during pandemic
Public satisfaction with NHS hospital services has soared during the coronavirus pandemic despite the widespread cancellation of operations, the rapid switch to digital delivery and restrictions on visits, according to an exclusive analysis shared with HSJ.
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NewsRevealed: Thirty-five areas go backwards on key cancer target
Dozens of local commissioning areas have gone backwards on a key cancer metric over the last five years, an analysis of national data reveals.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Covid-hit trust scales back electives and prepares staff for redeployment
Liverpool’s hospitals have begun scaling back their elective activity and preparing non-specialist staff to be redeployed to critical care teams, according to a memo seen by HSJ.
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NewsNew spending review demand for £260m on cancer
Health Education England could need additional investment of up to £260m to boost NHS staff numbers enough to meet growing need for cancer services, government has been told.
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Comment10 pc of elective patients treated in August had waited 10 months or more
More and more waiting lists are disappearing into the 52-week-plus category, notes Rob Findlay
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News‘Radical’ expansion of diagnostic capacity urgently needed, claims NHSE report
The NHS must make ‘radical changes’ to transform its diagnostics capacity, which was close to ‘tipping point’ even before the pandemic, a major report has found.
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Expert BriefingThe mystery of the capital’s ‘high-volume’ treatment centres
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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HSJ PartnersRecovering cancer services from covid will take all of us
This is paid-for content from our commercial partners. Find out more Delivering healthcare is complicated and one of the barriers to improving it has always been the very wide range of different organisations who have a role but don’t always work together smoothly. The pandemic ...
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NewsExclusive: Leaked data gives first view of growing cancer waiting list post covid peak
Official data from mid-September shows that nearly 6,400 people had waited more than 100 days following a referral to cancer services.
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NewsCancers detected by screening services fall by over 60pc
The number of patients with cancer referred from screening services has fallen to nearly a third of pre-covid levels, new data shows.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: What constitutes a successful winter this year?
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The new Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsBreast cancer missed in hundreds of women due to covid cancellations
Hundreds of women with breast cancer in London were not picked up by routine screening as services closed during the lockdown, officials have estimated.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Deciding who is in charge
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2020: Cancer Care Initiative of the Year
Winner Wessex Cancer Alliance and University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust: WesFit: Promoting Spread and Adoption of Personalised Prehabilitation Care Plans for People with Cancer WesFit is an innovative approach to delivering Personalised Prehabilitation Care Plans (PPCP) to people recently diagnosed with cancer. The impact of the service is best described ...
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NewsExclusive: Plans for 150 new diagnostic hubs to cut rising waits
Plans for up to 150 new community diagnostic hubs to tackle the NHS’ ballooning diagnostic waiting lists are included in NHS England ‘blue print plans’ leaked to HSJ.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: 13,000 more nurses, but for how long?
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night - and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, will make sure you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping ...
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Expert BriefingRecovery watch: the NHS’ biggest restoration challenge
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The new Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsNew screening committee to replace PHE role
A new UK-wide national screening committee is to be set up to advise the government, following the announcement this month that Public Health England is to close.
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NewsRegion puts £80m of waiting list catch-up out to tender
Managers in London anticipate spending £80m with private hospitals over the next four months to catch up with the region’s waiting list backlog, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS braces for £10bn spend on outsourcing work to private hospitals
The NHS could spend £10bn outsourcing work to private hospital groups over the next four years, HSJ can reveal.