New cancer target: people with suspected cancer to be diagnosed within 28 days
The government has pledged that, from 2020, people with suspected cancer will be diagnosed within 28 days of being referred by a GP. The Cancer Taskforce, set up as part of the NHS’s Five Year Forward...
View ArticleMounting crisis in clinical oncology workforce with too many consultant posts...
The oncology workforce is under strain and a census has revealed an urgent need to address longstanding issues in workforce planning. The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) 2015 census finds that 28%...
View Article‘Monumental U-turn’ by NHS in England on expensive breast cancer drug
A pioneering and life-extending drug repeatedly deemed too expensive will now be offered on the NHS in England. It is the result of a confidential deal between the health service and the drug company...
View ArticleLittle evidence for any direct impact of national cancer policies on short...
There is little evidence for any direct impact of national cancer policy initiatives implemented since 2000 on short term cancer survival in England. That’s the conclusions of a study published by The...
View ArticleNHS cancer hospital may have to delay treatment due to staff shortages
An NHS cancer hospital may have to make patients wait to undergo chemotherapy, or reduce the amount of treatment that dying patients receive, because it has so few nurses, a leaked memo has revealed....
View ArticleFuture of cancer care endangered by clinical oncologist shortages, report says
Cancer centres are facing a workforce crisis with widespread staff shortages, a royal college report shows. The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) annual workforce report on clinical oncologists...
View ArticleBacklog of cancer cases due to Covid-19 requires emergency national response
Our worst fears about a significant build-up of cancer cases due to Covid-19 have now become a reality. Cancer Research UK revealed that there are now 2.4 million people in the UK waiting for cancer...
View ArticleCoronavirus pandemic provides major disruption for NHS cancer services
Cancer care in England has faced major disruption during the pandemic with big drops in numbers being seen following urgent referrals by GPs, figures show. The number of people being assessed by a...
View ArticleCancer waits will rise due to staff shortages and Covid-19
The supply of specialist cancer doctors is continuing to fall behind NHS demand, says the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR). Oncology leaders at the RCR have warned that patients face poorer...
View ArticleNHS performance deteriorates as pandemic continues, figures show
Waiting times are increasing as the NHS struggles to deliver normal services during the Covid pandemic, the latest NHS England statistics reveal. At least 162,000 patients are waiting more than a year...
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