All Cancer articles – Page 50
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HSJ Knowledge
How supercomputers can cost effectively advance medical research
Obtaining the power of “supercomputers” helps researchers produce and manage mass amounts of data with benefits to productivity and cost, and progressing into new areas of research, writes Cancer Research UK’s head of IT and scientific computing Peter Maccallum.
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HSJ Local
Worcestershire Acute's radiotherapy unit one step closer
STRUCTURE: Worcester City Council Planning Committee has agreed outline planning permission for a new radiotherapy unit at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
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HSJ Local
Cancer target missed at Dartford and Gravesham
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust has missed the 62 day target for treating cancer patients for the last five months.
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HSJ Local
Sheffield first for children's paediatric cancer peer review
PERFORMANCE: Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has become the first to be reviewed against government standards for children’s paediatric oncology services.
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News
Lung cancer causing 1,000 'unnecessary' deaths a year
At least 1,000 Britons with lung cancer are dying needlessly each year because they are not offered surgery, according to new research.
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HSJ Local
North London bid for integrated cancer system stronger than rival
STRUCTURE: An assessment has concluded that north London’s proposed integrated cancer system is marginally stronger than that put forward by the south and west of the capital.
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HSJ Local
Private patient work gives further boost to Christie’s finances
COMMERCIAL: The specialist foundation, The Christie, was reporting a half-year surplus of £2.7m, which was £681,000 better than it had planned for the first six months of 2011-12.
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HSJ Local
Yeovil wins £250k research grant
FINANCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust has been awarded a £250,000 research grant by the Department of Health to conduct research into treatement for colorectal cancer.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle FT consultant made director of cancer network
WORKFORCE: Tony Branson, consultant clinical oncologist at the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has been appointed as medical director of the North of England Cancer Network.
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HSJ Local
Oxford Radcliffe reviews head and neck cancer services
STRUCTURE: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust is to review head and neck cancer services following “concerns and frustrations” expressed by patients and interest groups.
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News
Independent NHS screening review launched
An independent review of NHS breast screening is under way after researchers suggested the harms may outweigh the benefits.
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HSJ Local
University Hospitals Bristol struggling with 62 day cancer target
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust is reporting a “high risk” of failing to meet the 62 day referral to treatment target for cancer patients this year.
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HSJ Local
North Staffs scrutinised on cancer screeening
PERFORMANCE: University Hospital of North Staffordshire Foundation Trust is being closely monitored on its performance related to the extension of bowel cancer screening to 70-75 year olds.
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HSJ Local
New charity cancer centre to open in Nottingham
STRUCTURE: A Maggie’s cancer centre is to officially open in Nottingham on 2 November.
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HSJ Local
Accolade for cancer nurses at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole FT
WORKFORCE: Four nurses who provide vital tailor-made packages of care for breast cancer patients have been “adopted” by Macmillan Cancer Support.
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HSJ Local
The Christie consults on potential increase in private patient work
COMMERCIAL: The foundation has launched a consultation asking the public whether it should do more private patient work to help fund its NHS services.
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HSJ Local
UCLH cancer centre to open next year
STRUCTURE: The central London foundation trust’s £100m specialist cancer centre is due to open next April.
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HSJ Local
South West gets 'special consideration' for surgery site
COMMERCIAL: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust and Plymouth Hospitals Trust are both to continue providing gynaecological cancer surgery on site after agreeing to create one multi-disciplinary team spanning the two trusts.
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News
Cigarette vending machines ban to improve health in children
A ban on vending machines selling tobacco that comes into force in England today will reduce the access children have to cigarettes and cut down the number of young smokers, it is hoped.
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News
NHS costs cut by smoking schemes, study shows
A new report which found that tobacco control programmes can cut health care costs has been hailed by anti-smoking campaigners Ash Scotland.