All Cancer articles – Page 7
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2023: Patient Safety Pilot Project of the Year
Sponsored by WINNER: Mid and South Essex Foundation Trust: Pilot of a Novel Combined Anaesthetic and Geriatrician Pre-assessment Clinic for Older People with Colorectal Cancer
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CommentElective waiting list rises by 100,000 in July
The waiting list is still growing at more than 100,000 patients per month
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HSJ Local‘Insecure’ junior medics ‘crying every day’ in ‘chaotic’ department
Delays in patient care and a lack of consultant support have left junior medics fearing for their mental health, an NHS England investigation has discovered.
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NewsICS accused of imposing ‘woefully low’ overtime pay
An integrated care system’s new overtime ‘rate card’ has sparked a furious response from doctors who warned the “woefully under-market value” rates were directly undermining efforts to ensure safe staffing.
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CommentHe did it! How Steve Barclay pulled off Health Week
The health secretary bravely battled cancer targets during a triumphant week-long celebration of everything that’s great about Westminster, writes Julian Patterson
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Expert BriefingHSJ Podcast: Patient experience in the post-covid era
This week HSJ Health Check focuses on patient experience and public perception of the NHS, with guests from National Voices and the Picker Institute.
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NewsNew cancer ‘expectation’ revealed by NHSE
The proportion of patients who receive treatment within 62 days of an initial referral for cancer checks should rise to 70 per cent by March next year, NHS England has said.
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News'Tougher ambition' for cancer diagnoses set by NHSE
A ‘tougher ambition’ to increase the proportion of patients getting a cancer diagnosis within 28 days of referral will be introduced in 2025, NHS England has announced today.
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NewsMost cancer targets set to be scrapped
NHS England is expected to confirm plans consulted on last year to cut several cancer targets, including the two-week target for urgent appointments.
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CommentWaiting list grows again as NHS plays catch-up on missed targets
Clinical risk on the waiting list continues to grow, writes Rob Findlay
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NewsRevealed: the eight trusts in NHS England’s most challenged group
Eight trusts are in NHS England’s latest list of the most challenged organisations in terms of elective and cancer recovery, 12 months on from when the system was first introduced.
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NewsRadiographers warn next strike could hit 100 trusts
The Society of Radiographers is considering reballoting members in an effort to significantly increase the scope of its industrial action, the union’s director of industrial strategy has told HSJ.
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CommentThe workforce plan falls short of addressing the appalling state of NHS cancer care
Professor Richard Simcock analyses the shortfalls and gaps in cancer services, highlighting issues like underfunding and understaffing that are yet to be fully addressed by NHS’s cancer workforce plan
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: NHSE’s handling of Christie whistleblowing case faces judicial review
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Consultants on the picket line
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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HSJ PartnersPreparing the NHS oncology workforce for the innovations of tomorrow
Jagtar Dhanda, director of policy advocacy and government affairs at Bristol Myers Squibb UK & Ireland, explains how a workforce planning tool can help prepare the NHS to offer the latest cancer innovations to patients
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NewsNHSE and government reprimanded for ‘selective reporting’ of cancer performance
NHS England and the government have been criticised for “selective reporting” of statistics by an influential Westminster committee.
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NewsRevealed: the stubborn regional variation in early cancer detection
The gap between the areas with the best and worst records on the early detection of cancer has remained almost unchanged over the past five years, new data indicates.
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NewsRevealed: The specialties with rocketing litigation costs
Litigation costs for specialties including intensive care, oncology and emergency medicine have rocketed by up to five times as much as they were before the pandemic, internal data obtained by HSJ reveals.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: How much harm in London?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.