All Cancer articles – Page 25
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NewsDiagnostic equipment 'woefully poor' after capital raids – ex-cancer boss
Repeated raids on NHS capital budgets have left hospitals with “woefully poor” diagnostic equipment, according to the previous national cancer director.
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News'Outlier' trust addresses cancer service concerns
A trust has made changes to its lung cancer service after concerns patients were much less likely to access chemotherapy and other anti-cancer therapies than elsewhere in the country.
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CommentNHS and local government should work closely for cancer prevention
Matthew Day, Andy Fox, Cate Edwynn and David Baldwin suggest cancer services can be a unifying opportunity that can end the debate over who will fund and commission preventive health services
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HSJ LocalCommissioners investigate waiting list at major teaching trust
Commissioners in north London are investigating an increase in waiting lists for cancer patients at a major teaching trust in the capital.
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NewsBrexit air freight costs 'could be passed on to trusts'
Officials have confirmed medical air freight costs could be “passed on to hospitals” in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
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NewsTrust postpones trials after regulator partially suspends licence
A trust has been unable to start some new cancer trials as planned after regulators partially suspended its licence to manufacture medicines.
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HSJ InteractivePartnership defined by purpose and shared values will make a difference
Rob Webster on how West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership has set out common points of agreement on its purpose, principles and approach and is working towards providing optimum healthcare to its people
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Freeing up capacity and improving patient care: lessons from Leeds
Implementing a new digital primary to secondary care referral pathway: lessons from the Leeds teledermatology project
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HSJ InteractiveHarnessing teledermatology to improve cancer care in Leeds
Underpinned by a cross sector collaboration, a teledermatology service for patients with suspicious skin lesions is already showing demonstrable benefits for the wider system, writes Claire Read
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NewsSome cancer treatment may be delayed post-Brexit
NHS trusts will have “no choice but to prioritise” which patients receive cancer treatment if a no-deal Brexit delays the import of radioisotopes, the Royal College of Radiologists has told HSJ.
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NewsNo-deal Brexit threat forces hospitals to set up 'clinical prioritisation' taskforce
A major teaching hospital is putting plans in place to prioritise which patients to treat if a no-deal Brexit causes critical shortages in drugs and/or medical devices.
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NewsNew data reveals 'shocking' uptake of yearly health checks
Nearly half of people in England with a learning disability did not receive an annual health check last year, new data has revealed.
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NewsNational radiotherapy plan 'impossible to realise' without more funding
Consolidation of radiotherapy services “will be impossible” without more money, a royal college has warned.
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HSJ InteractiveSee me, not my cancer
Colin Rees shares his father’s journey of cancer care and how patient experience can be transformed in the NHS
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CommentWorking towards a paradigm shift in outcomes for lung cancer
Dr Mick Peake notes that a multipronged and co-ordinated approach to the management of lung cancer can help the UK improve its survival rate
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CommentPaediatric services must treat the "whole child"
Jane Elfer notes that to realise the long-term plan’s ambition of integrating care, paediatric services must be able to support childrens’ mental as well as physical health needs
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NewsNHS surveys exempted from 1.6m patients' data sharing opt-outs
The preferences of 1.6m people who do not want to share their health data will not apply to patient experience surveys after concerns were raised it would undermine improvements in care.
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CommentTranslating cancer care innovation into practice
Professor Christopher J Harrison, medical director of The Christie, explains how he and his colleagues made use of a network model to improve the experiences of cancer patients in the region.
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NewsKit procurement troubles slow down cancer test rollout
The rollout of a new bowel cancer test in England, which was due to start late last year, has been held up because supplier contracts for testing kits have not been signed.
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NewsAll of England to become ICS by 2021
The whole of England is to be covered by integrated care systems in just over two years, the NHS long-term plan has said.