All Cancer articles – Page 22
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CommentWe are taking the wrong approach on managing hospital beds
A better understanding of risk will underpin the case for reducing today’s high bed occupancies.
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NewsCapacity concerns over cancer pilot
NHS England has “questions to answer” about its lung cancer scanning pilots, as concerns have been raised over whether there will be enough diagnostic capacity to cope with the expected increase in referrals.
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HSJ AwardsImproving survival rates for lung cancer patients
Manchester University Foundation Trust’s Wythenshawe Hospital won the 2018 HSJ Award for acute or specialist services redesign – North and Midlands, for its programme for rapid access to pulmonary investigations and diagnosis
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NewsTrust hits waiting time target in just 8pc of cases
A trust has apologised to patients after its performance against the two-week waiting time target for symptomatic breast referrals fell to less than 8 per cent.
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NewsControversial PET-CT deal referred to Matt Hancock
A controversial decision to strip a leading trust of its scanning service has been referred to the health secretary.
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NewsNew digital projects will be signed off by NHSX
NHS commissioners and IT suppliers will need to get sign-off from NHSX for new digital projects, according to fresh details released about the government’s new tech agency.
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CommentThe Bedpan: I despise bandwagon jumpers
This Week: Chris Bryant, Labour MP for Rhondda since 2001
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Cancer and STPs — 'If you work it out, let me know'
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by commissioning correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Partnership Awards 2019: Best Not for Profit Working in Partnership with the NHS
Winner: Breast Cancer Care, NHS Trusts and Health Boards: Moving Forward
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NewsScreening IT set for overhaul following high-profile failures
The IT systems for national screening services are set for a major overhaul in the wake of two high-profile failures in the programmes.
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NewsNew low for A&E after proposals to ditch target
NHS performance against the four-hour accident and emergency target hit a new record low in February – for the second month in a row.
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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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HSJ Interactive
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