All Cancer articles – Page 56
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NewsNHS reform vital to treating long-term conditions, says Lansley
The NHS will not be able to meet the demands of people with long-term conditions such as diabetes and asthma unless it changes, according to the health secretary.
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NewsDH 'reneging' on cancer drugs fund pledge
The Department of Health stands accused of reneging on a pledge to provide extra money for cancer drugs after admitting the £200m pot will be mainly funded by clawing back primary care trust budgets.
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Only a third of Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh patients referred to The Christie meet waiting target
PERFORMANCE: The proportion of the foundation’s cancer patients referred on to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and treated within 62 days was the lowest in the region, according to a report by cancer tsar Professor Sir Mike Richards.
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Less than half of referrals from Stockport FT to The Christie hit waiting target
PERFORMANCE: The proportion of the foundation’s cancer patients referred on to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and treated within 62 days fell well below the national average, according to a report by cancer tsar Professor Sir Mike Richards.
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Drop in The Christie’s cancer waiting times performance
PERFORMANCE: The proportion of the foundation’s patients treated within the national 62 day standard for cancer patients fell to 66.7 per cent in January, new board papers show.
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HSJ KnowledgeEarly diagnosis will accelerate the delivery of better cancer care
GPs’ ability to refer patients directly for diagnostic tests will support timely treatment or reassurance as part of the strategy to deliver better cancer care, says doctors.net.uk medical director Dr Tim Ringrose.
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CommentMidlands issues may be localised, but they have wide implications
It has been less than a month since the launch of HSJ Local but it has already attracted attention.
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West Midlands PCTs underperforming on cancer referral times
PERFORMANCE: Eleven primary care trusts in the West Midlands are underperforming on cancer referral time targets.
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NewsBreast screening programme a success
The National Breast Screening Programme detected nearly 6,000 cancers last year which would otherwise have been missed, according to data from the NHS Information Centre.
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NewsPCTs fail to assess value of cancer spend
Most primary care trusts are failing to assess whether the cancer treatments they commission offer value for money, according to MPs.
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NewsCancer gap with Europe 'not closed', report finds
The gap in cancer survival rates between England and the best-performing European countries has not closed, more than a decade after the last government launched its NHS Cancer Plan, a parliamentary report has said.
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NewsAnti-smoking strategy unveiled
New plans to drastically reduce smoking levels in Wales have been announced.
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CommentCan value-based drug pricing deliver a 'postcode lottery' alternative?
Value-based drug pricing is meant to reduce the postcode lottery but could end up achieving the opposite.
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Readmissions payment ban will cost hospitals £790m and create 'perverse incentives' - Confed
NHS hospitals stand to lose around £790m next year from the ban on payment for emergency readmissions, a study by the NHS Confederation has found.
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NewsAdvanced cancer scanning centre officially opened
A new £16.5m hospital centre which features a state-of-the-art high-resolution scanner has been officially opened.
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HSJ Local
Reconfiguration halted in NHS Somerset
STRUCTURE: Plans to centralise gynaecological cancer services in the NHS Somerset area have been shelved after they failed to meet the new reconfiguration tests.
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Cancer tsar offers risk sharing deal for Manchester cancer network
PERFORMANCE: Greater Manchester’s hospitals could share responsibility for meeting cancer hospital the Christie’s 62 day waiting target, under a deal proposed by the government’s cancer tsar.
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CommentMichael White: somwhere to escape the cuts
Wherever you turn at present it’s hard to escape the government’s cuts programme. I confirmed that (again) when I rang my sister at the nursery-infant-and-parenting unit she has worked in for many years. Their budget has been slashed, redundancies loom. Should she volunteer to go, taking decades of experience with ...
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HSJ Local
The Christie could face red rating due to 'flawed' cancer waiting times target
PERFORMANCE: Care services minister Paul Burstow has written to the foundation acknowledging that its difficulties meeting the 62 day cancer treatment waiting times target are due to problems in the Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cancer Network ‘as a whole’.
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PCT delivers just 1 per cent of screening results on time
PERFORMANCE: Only 1 per cent of cervical screening results were delivered within the two week target at NHS Shropshire County during the first half of 2010-11.