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HSJ PartnersWe cannot meet the mental health needs of cancer patients without breaking down silos
This article was authored by All.Can UK, a multi-stakeholder initiative involving patient groups and industry experts, and has been fully funded by the All.Can UK funding partners: Bristol Myers Squibb (primary sponsor) and MSD (supporting sponsor). Together, the All.Can UK membership defined the focus of the article. Bristol Myers Squibb ...
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NHS England admits it will miss cancer backlog target
The NHS will miss its target for clearing the backlog of long waiters for cancer, NHS England’s national director has conceded.
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Value Awards 2021: Cancer Care Initiative of the Year
WINNER: South Tees Hospitals FT: Holistic Wellbeing Calls for Cancer Patients At the outset of the pandemic a new telephone service was established to proactively call cancer patients to check their wellbeing, offer holistic therapy, provide local information and support, refer to appropriate services or simply provide a listening ear ...
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Are people falling through the gaps in cancer care?
Macmillan Cancer Support’s executive director of Advocacy Communications, Steven McIntosh, discusses Macmillan’s new research into the importance of delivering personalised, integrated care for people living with cancer
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Cancers 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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HSJ Awards
HSJ 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 ...
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NHS England ‘knew nothing’ of change to shielding guidance
The primary care director of NHS England was kept in the dark about the relaxation of the shielding guidance, HSJ has learnt, despite the changes having a significant impact on GP workload and the advice offered to patients.
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NHS faces ‘major problems’ as charities contemplate withdrawing support
The NHS will face “major problems” from health charities having to withdraw their services due to the financial impact of coronavirus, it has been warned.
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Trusts told to create ‘covid-free hubs’ for cancer patients
Trusts have been told to urgently reconfigure surgical cancer services into “covid-free hubs” to minimise the number of procedures being postponed.
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Comment
We need a workforce fit for the needs of those living with chronic cancer
Policy makers should keep the increasing population with treatable but not curable cancer in mind and ensure there is a clear plan to grow and fund a cancer workforce fit for the future, exhorts Lynda Thomas
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Pensions crisis and staff shortages trigger record low cancer performance
A shortage of radiologists, pensions issues and rising demand have driven the worst breast cancer wait times for at least nine years, some of the worst performing trusts told HSJ .
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NHSE to take oversight of £600m screening programmes from PHE
Public Health England is to be stripped of its responsibility for overseeing the national cancer screening programme, the government has confirmed.
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Comment
Cancer waiting times: We need to break the cycle
Dr Fran Woodard on how waiting standards continue to decline as cancer services buckle under pressure
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HSJ Knowledge
Harnessing 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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Review makes multiple criticisms over screening failures
Jeremy Hunt’s statement in Parliament about failures in the national breast screening programme was based on incorrect information from Public Health England, according to an independent review published today.
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Exclusive: Screening IT system 'ageing and risky' - official review
England’s breast screening programme is running on IT systems with “multiple practical issues and risk associated with their operation”, according to an official investigation report obtained by HSJ.
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Warnings over major cancer target overhaul
A major change to the measurement of cancer performance will produce misleading results and perverse incentives for some providers, several trust leaders have told HSJ.
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HSJ Knowledge
Ten innovators in care redesign and integration
This week we look at the organisations shortlisted for their innovative work in Acute, Community and/or Primary Care Services Redesign at the 2017 HSJ Awards.
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Revealed: Consultancy to review what PHE knew about breast screening errors
Consultancy firm PwC will review Public Health England’s handling of potential fatal errors in the national breast screening programme, including when concerns were escalated within the organisation.
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Revealed: Hospitals cancelled more than 500 cancer operations over winter
More than 500 cancer operations were cancelled by hospital trusts in England due to winter pressures, H SJ can reveal.
