All Cancer articles – Page 5
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NewsExclusive: 6,500 staff gap in government cancer plan revealed
Community diagnostic centres — the government’s flagship policy for recovering cancer testing after covid — will have up to 6,500 fewer staff than they need by 2025, according to NHS England projections seen by HSJ.
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NewsMayor intervenes in NHSE reconfiguration row
The mayor of London is independently reviewing NHS England plans to reconfigure children’s cancer services in the capital, which were triggered when the commissioner finally accepted the current arrangements are unsafe.
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News‘Unreserved apology’ issued to national cancer director over ‘dishonest’ claim
Newcastle Hospitals Foundation Trust deputy chief executive Andy Welch, has issued an ‘unreserved apology’ over his public criticism of remarks made by NHSE national cancer director Dame Cally Palmer.
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NewsBarclay refusing to approve diagnostic centres that cannot be opened this year
Steve Barclay has refused to approve about 30 proposed community diagnostic centres – designed to speed up cancer treatment – unless they can be delivered in 2023, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSix systems pulled up by NHSE over poor cancer diagnosis performance
NHS England has demanded recovery plans from six systems with a poor record on delivering urgent cancer checks.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: NHSE makes aeroplane tech a key priority
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsNew job for Simon Stevens
Lord Simon Stevens has been appointed chair of Cancer Research UK, the charity has announced today.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Partnership Awards 2023: Most Effective Contribution to Improving Cancer Outcomes
WINNER: Implementing Tattooless Radiotherapy Treatment Using Surface Guided Radiotherapy: Vision RT and University Hospitals of Derby and Burton FT
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Intervention on the waiting list
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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CommentThe NHS must help restore the UK's reputation as a place to conduct cutting edge research
A declaration of intent from policymakers to make the UK the top destination for health and life science research followed by a plan of action will inspire everyone involved in health and care – public, patients, clinicians, managers and politicians – to contribute more towards research, writes James O’Shaughnessy
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CommentNHS needs to work with data and analysis from beyond healthcare
A cancer study that relates consumer and retail data to healthcare highlights the potential of the NHS joining forces with commercial entities to activate the behavioural data they collect and own to build better population health strategies, explains Andi Orlowski
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Another ‘inadequate’ rating for tech
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsBattle for cancer centre turns in favour of challenger
A controversial transfer of children’s cancer services has moved a step closer after an NHS England assessment process supported the move.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The priorities for scarce funding
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalHarm caused by long cancer waits to be investigated by ICB
Commissioners have begun a ‘serious incident review’ across their integrated care system after early indications showed patients may have suffered harm due to long waits for cancer treatment.
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NewsNHS set to miss cancer backlog target three years running, NHSE plans reveal
NHS England has effectively admitted the backlog of cancer long-waiters will still be higher in March 2024 than before covid hit, in a document seen by HSJ.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: The Epic conundrum
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsNew hospital delays costing £13m a month, trust CEO scolds Barclay
One of the NHS’s most influential chief executives has written to Steve Barclay to complain about the ‘lack of progress’ around the government’s hospital building programme.
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NewsRecord waits for endoscopy as referrals soar
The waiting list for endoscopies has broken the record set during the height of the covid pandemic, as referrals for suspected colorectal cancer surged, HSJ analysis shows.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Tech chiefs pin hopes on NHS App
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact me in confidence here.