All Cancer articles – Page 39
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NewsHunt: Transparency not targets will achieve 'world class' NHS
The NHS must adopt a different approach to performance management that focuses on the transparent provision of information rather than chasing targets or extra resource, the health secretary is due to say
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NewsMorecambe Bay under fire on cancer screening services
A foundation trust has pledged to shake up the management of its breast screening unit after a probe found an “extremely poor” working environment that must be having an “impact on patient care”
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NewsExpensive drugs to be cut from cancer drugs fund
NHS England is to start evaluating the cost effectiveness of medicines available through the cancer drugs fund in a bid to bring the budget under control
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NewsRevealed: Bidders for £1.2bn cancer and end of life care contracts
The NHS and independent sector organisations which have reached the next stage of bidding for two huge contracts to run cancer and end of life care services in Staffordshire have been revealed
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CommentSaatchi's Medical Innovation Bill is Branson-esque in its boldness
Experimental proposal prompts soul searching
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NewsCancer drugs fund threatens NHS England's bottom line
The NHS commissioning system is forecast to miss its target surplus by £184m in 2014-15, with much of the overspend attributed to the cancer drugs fund
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HSJ KnowledgeRoot out inequality in breast cancer care
Asian women in the UK have very high incidence of the disease
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HSJ LocalVirgin clinic probed over 'large number' of waiting time breaches
PERFORMANCE: A Surrey breast screening centre run by Virgin Care Services is being investigated following a ‘large number’ of waiting times breaches.
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NewsWaiting lists for some specialties up a third
Workforce shortages have resulted in waiting lists for some NHS specialties swelling by almost a third over the past four years.
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HSJ LocalSuspended boss of The Christie stands down
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of a prestigious specialist cancer trust in Manchester has announced her resignation following a lengthy suspension.
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CommentEarly cancer diagnoses will cost the NHS considerably less
Saving millions through earlier cancer diagnosis
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NewsExclusive: CCGs to be involved in 'bulk' of specialised services
Clinical commissioning groups could be asked to co-commission “the bulk” of NHS England’s £14bn specialised services budget, the head of its specialised commissioning taskforce has said.
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News'Variations' in mesothelioma care
More needs to be done to ensure people who suffer from asbestos-related cancer are seen by specialist doctors, a new report has suggested.
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NewsMPs call for action on pancreatic cancer
Patients suffering from the “silent killer” of pancreatic cancer are treated like tennis balls as they are passed between their GP and doctors, MPs were told yesterday.
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NewsReport finds real-terms decline in cancer funding
NHS cancer services in England need funding boosts to meet the “looming demands” of an ageing population, a new report has found.
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HSJ KnowledgeThrough the eyes of a commissioner: what really matters in cancer care
Reflecting on care experiences
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HSJ LocalBoard shake-up at troubled specialist trust
WORKFORCE: The Christie Foundation Trust has appointed a new chair as two of its non-executive directors stepped down because they were “unhappy” with the way it handled the suspension of its chief executive.
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CommentCancer drug announcements must be backed up with action
There’s an element of pre-election tidying
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News£160m boost for cancer drugs fund
Thousands more cancer patients in England will be offered vital treatments in a £160m boost to the cancer drugs fund, the Department of Health has said.
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NewsCancer treatment set for £6m boost
Cancer treatment on the NHS is to get a £6m boost under new measures announced by health secretary Jeremy Hunt.