All Cancer articles – Page 46
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NewsSupport confirmed for four types of clinical network
Clinical networks covering four condition-areas will be centrally-funded and hosted by the NHS Commissioning Board, it confirmed today.
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NewsData error trust reviews deaths
An trust is probing whether its poor record keeping was responsible for 25 patient deaths.
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CommentCiarán Devane: out with the old
A hypothesis for us: if we want to do more, we need to do less.
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Maritime unit gains cancer charity kitemark
PERFORMANCE: The Macmillan Cancer Care Unit at Medway Foundation Trust’s Maritime Hospital has received national recognition for the quality of care it offers.
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NewsNICE: trusts must offer DVT tests within 24 hours
Hospitals have been set “challenging” new clinical targets to provide a “seven-days-a-week” service for patients presenting with a suspected venous thromboembolism.
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NewsKeogh calls on clinicians to help with blood demand
NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has called on clinicians to prescribe blood transfusions only when necessary in a bid to prevent demand outstripping supply.
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SupplementsInsights into oral chemotherapy service redesign
This exclusive article looks at the benefits of optimising oral chemotherapy service design.
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NewsIn-house consultancy saves NHS £7.1m in fees
The NHS’s in-house consultancy says it saved the service an estimated £7.1m in consultancy fees in 2011-12.
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PCT cluster joins lung cancer campaign
PERFORMANCE: NHS Surrey is pushing a national campaign highlighting that a persistent cough can be a symptom of lung cancer.
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Work starts on new Worthing breast unit
STRUCTURE: Building work has begun on Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust’s new breast unit.
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‘Watershed’ moment for Brighton and Sussex
STRUCTURE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has received Department of Health approval for major redevelopment plans.
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Hampshire trust tenders for new cancer centre
COMMERCIAL: Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust is calling for bids to design a new cancer treatment centre in Basingstoke.
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CommentThe age of information awaits the NHS and its patients
The benefits of good data cannot be underestimated.
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Specialist trust chief executive leaves for charity
WORKFORCE: Jane Collins, chief executive of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Foundation Trust, is stepping down to take up the chief executive’s role at Marie Curie Cancer Care.
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New cancer service at Burton
PERFORMANCE: Burton Hospitals FT has launched a one-stop clinic to help speed up the diagnosis of patients suspected of having lung cancer.
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NewsMinister rejects cancer drugs fund
The Welsh health minister Lesley Griffiths has told a group of top medics she is standing firm on the issue of a cancer drugs fund for Wales, saying the scheme would not work.
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HSJ KnowledgeAn innovative approach to redesigned oncology services
Developing a successful acute oncology service to admitted patients and those in A&E called for some innovative thinking, explain Rob Smith and colleagues.
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Plan to double radiotherapy service in Sussex
PERFORMANCE: NHS organisations in Sussex have announced plans to more than double radiotherapy provision by 2014, with the help of the private sector.
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Oxford trust plans to move cancer services to new centre
STRUCTURE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust is planning to move its head and neck cancer services from John Radcliffe Hospital to nearby Churchill Hospital as part of plans to develop a major cancer centre on the site.
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Birmingham trust introduces new skin cancer drug
Two patients at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham were among the first in the country to start receiving a new anti-cancer drug within days of it being granted a licence.