All Cancer articles – Page 70

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    Dementia could gain same priority as cancer

    2008-01-24T09:00:00Z

    A parliamentary report has called for dementia to receive the same priority as cancer and the Department of Health to appoint a dedicated lead for the condition.

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    Cancer strategy: earlier, faster, shorter - and more data

    2007-12-13T09:00:00Z

    Last week the government promised a further £370m to reform cancer, with a focus on prevention and shorter hospital stays. But selective fast-tracking plans have drawn criticism. Claire Laurent reports

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    Infection control: back to the boardroom

    2007-11-05T09:00:00Z

    Informing the board and protecting patients were the key strands of one trust's infection control drive, writes Alison Norman

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    Lean thinking: what does it take?

    2007-10-30T09:00:00Z

    Lean thinking and six sigma have a long history in GE Healthcare and this experience is helping develop future leaders and drive change in NHS trusts.

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    Mental health: unhappy old age

    2007-10-29T09:00:00Z

    Dementia is far from the only mental health problem for over-65s, yet the millions who struggle with depression are scandalously neglected. Stuart Shepherd reports

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    US health: Sicko's grim diagnosis

    2007-10-25T09:00:00Z

    It may be naive and polemical, but Michael Moore's controversial documentary Sicko reminds us we should treasure the NHS, says Noel Plumridge. Below, Empire magazine's Helen O'Hara reviews the film

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    Barometer: public health October 2007

    2007-10-25T09:00:00Z

    October has seen a tentative increase in confidence over halting the rise in childhood obesity by 2010, according to this month's HSJ Barometer of public health directors. August's low of 2.91 has risen to 3.52 out of 10.

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    Foundation trusts applications: shape up or ship out

    2007-10-22T09:00:00Z

    The deadline for all acute trusts to apply for foundation status by 2008 has proved unrealistic. What now for those that have not made the leap? Helen Mooney reports

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    Tackling the causes of blindness

    2007-10-16T09:00:00Z

    Health Foundation clinician scientist fellow Dr Robert MacLaren has made significant breakthroughs in tackling the most common cause of blindness in the developed world, previously thought to be incurable.

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    Implementing NICE guidance

    2007-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Winner Oxleas Foundation trust The project implements NICE guidance on Schizophrenia across a London based mental health trust. An audit measured trust practice against the guidelines and against a technology appraisal for the use of atypical antipsychotic prescribed to service users.The scheme concentrated on focusing on what clinicians need at ...

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    Information-based decision making

    2007-10-08T00:00:00Z

    WinnerLeicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Cancer NetworkService provision for the two cancer centres in Leicester, Northamptonshire and Rutland (LNR) was improved and standardised using Clinical Information Analysis (CIA) data.In the autumn of 2006, the CIA Programme presented data to the Network Oncology Group which showed the different treatment approaches being given ...

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    Clinical service redesign

    2007-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Winner Salford Royal Foundation Trust and Salford PCTA new model of care for neuroscience disorders was developed in order to meet the 18 week targets.The existing service model was overwhelmed, with 11 week waiting times for first outpatient appointment, 13 weeks for a routine MRI and a further ten weeks ...

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    Patient engagement: pull together for a patient-centred NHS

    2007-09-27T09:00:00Z

    Sustaining the strides made in NHS patient engagement will rely on clinicians and managers embracing change, says Stephen Thornton

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    Mental health special feature: the big issues

    2007-09-10T17:32:00Z

    From vulnerable women on mixed-sex wards to continued over-representation of BME groups, Mental Health Act Commission chief executive Chris Heginbotham has a lot on his plate. Emma Dent reports

  • News

    Primary care cancer leads are welcome

    2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

    Letters

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    Cancer charities to merge with loss of 130 jobs

    2001-12-20T00:00:00Z

    Published: 20/12/2001, Volume III, No. 5786 Page 8

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    Scottish Executive wrests cancer centre from trust control

    2001-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Published: 13/12/2001, Volume III, No. 5785 Page 8

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    Living with Cancer

    2001-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Books

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    DoH and Macmillan in tandem to deliver cancer care networks

    2001-11-29T00:00:00Z

    In a bid to help deliver the NHS cancer plan, the Department of Health has teamed up with Macmillan Cancer Relief under a three-year partnership to place cancer lead clinicians at every primary care organisation. So far, 279 have been nominated.

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    Doctors get say in cancer cash

    2001-07-12T00:00:00Z

    Clinicians are to be given the power to say how a multi-million pound investment should be spent to change Scottish cancer services, under plans launched by health minister Susan Deacon.