All Cancer articles – Page 40
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NewsCancer 'postcode lottery' condemned
Areas with the worst survival rates for cancer have been named and shamed by a charity after it said there is an ‘inexcusable’ postcode lottery of care across England.
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NewsNICE on the offensive in row over breast cancer drug
NICE has taken the unprecedented step of expressing its ‘disappointment’ with a multinational drug giant in a row over a new breast cancer drug and the government’s pricing deal
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CommentWhy the care system makes a 'good death' so difficult
My Dad’s experience revealed shortcomings
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NewsCiarán Devane steps down as Macmillan chief executive
Ciarán Devane to leave the charity after seven years in the post
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HSJ Local£1.2bn Staffordshire procurement defended
Most cancer and end of life care services in Staffordshire are unlikely to change providers following a £1.2bn contract procurement, one of the directors behind the commissioning process has said.
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NewsMajor reorganisation of specialist cancer and cardiac treatment approved
A reorganisation of specialist cancer and cardiac treatment across north east London and West Essex that will see two major hospitals host one specialism each was given the green light by commissioners last week.
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CommentNICE must reduce the red tape to make cancer drug access a reality
It shows up entrenched conservativism
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CommentWays to reduce the increasing NHS pay bill remain elusive
2.6pc spending increase was not part of the plan
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HSJ KnowledgeSeize the day: Learning from Stephen Sutton's inspirational story
His story is inspiration to transform care
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CommentTeach clinicians how to talk about cancer
Patients want a dialogue that goes beyond their consultation
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HSJ PartnersCome together to put cancer care on the right path
NHS England can clarify the patient pathway
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SupplementsWe need to come together for cancer care to stop the confusing commissioning
Too many are responsible
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NewsTrust misses urgent cancer wait target for one in five patients
A surge in referrals and lack of capacity saw a large hospital trust miss the two-week cancer wait target by 13 percentage points.
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CommentHow to make the NHS constitution a reality on the front line
We all have a duty to implement its values
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NewsCancer waiting time target breached for first time
Providers have breached the waiting time target for patients with suspected cancer starting treatment within 62 days following urgent GP referral for the first time since the target was introduced in 2009.
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HSJ KnowledgeTurn big data into clinical intelligence
‘We are on the brink of a data revolution in the NHS’
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NewsPatients suffer due to gaps between CCGs and specialised commissioners
Widespread vacancies in the clinical reference groups established by NHS England to link specialist and non-specialist services have led to a deterioration in patient experience, it has been alleged.
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HSJ PartnersTwitter chat round-up: how to increase care out of hospital
Phil McCarvill analyses the debate
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HSJ PartnersHow to keep terminally ill people out of hospital: what you said
Providing more care at home
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NewsCancer trust embarks on pathology joint venture
One of Europe’s biggest pathology firms has secured its first NHS contract as the Christie Foundation Trust becomes the latest trust to join up with a private provider to deliver pathology services.