All Cancer articles – Page 59
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NewsRise in annual new cancer cases
The annual number of new cancer cases increased by 4% for men and 3.7% for women, according to the latest figures.
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NewsImprovement Foundation's former staff lose NHS screening contract
The NHS cancer screening programme has pulled out of a deal with former staff of the Improvement Foundation amid concerns about how much money the failed company still owes primary care trusts.
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NewsGovernment drops one-on-one cancer nurse plan
Plans made under Labour to improve cancer services and provide free prescriptions for people with long term conditions have been abandoned by the government, it has confirmed.
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NewsBreast cancer screening not meeting digital switchover target
Over a third of breast cancer screening programmes are yet to meet a commitment to upgrade to digital mammography screening by this year.
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CommentMedia Watch: the Conservative Party conference
Unsurprisingly the health coverage this week was largely concerned with the blue half of the government ahead of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
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NewsBig income drop likely for children’s hospitals
Specialist children’s hospitals could see a significant drop in their income under changes to the national tariff.
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HSJ KnowledgeValue for money in pathology commissioning
GP consortia will need to ensure pathology commissioning is part of an overall efficiency strategy, says Jag Grewal
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NewsPM announces new measures to tackle cancer
Thousands of lives could be saved every year under government plans to tackle cancer, the Department of Health has said.
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CommentEarly cancer diagnosis could save lives
There is great potential for GPs to improve detection of cancers
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HSJ Knowledge
Commissioning for outcomes
The recent report from The Nuffield Trust/The King’s Fund Where next for commissioning in the English NHS? (Smith et al 2010) describes the Health Service as reaching a ‘fork in the road’.
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NewsLiverpool Women's appoints director
Liverpool Women’s Foundation Trust has appointed consultant surgeon and oncologist Jonathan Herod as its new medical director.
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CommentMichael White: Is the summer silly season over?
MPs are back at Westminster early this year. Does it mean the summer silly season is definitely over? Not quite. I read during the week that Andy Burnham, our erstwhile health secretary and Labour leadership contender, is a descendant of Britain’s first Tudor monarch, King Henry VII.
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CommentMedia Watch: When is a U-turn not a U-turn?
When is a U-turn not a U-turn? When the policy being revised belongs to the previous government, argues Tory health minister Simon Burns, not without reason.
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NewsCancer linked to lifestyle choice is 'global challenge'
Cancers linked to unhealthy lifestyles are “one of the biggest challenges facing the world”, an expert has said.
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HSJ Knowledge
Commissioning for outcomes
The report from The Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund Where next for commissioning in the English NHS? describes the Health Service as reaching a “fork in the road”.
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HSJ KnowledgeUsing social marketing to boost men's health awareness
The ‘Movember’ campaign is fun-packed fundraising - and it is boosting men’s health awareness, says Jennifer Taylor
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NewsPCTs make a good shot at prioritisation
With GP consortia on course to take over commissioning, a report seen by HSJ shows PCTs have been preparing the ground well by getting to grips with the fundamentals of local priority setting. Dave West explains
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HSJ KnowledgeLocal quit smoking campaign
Effective engagement of stakeholders, partner organisations and the local media will pay dividends.
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NewsCall to extend radiotherapy care
Thousands of cancer patients are missing out on access to radiotherapy and few people know it can help cure the disease, a charity has claimed.
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NewsPoor data reporting skews palliative care spending picture
A government report has pointed to significant variations in the amount primary care trusts spend on end of life care.