Nottingham rations cancer care due to lack of staff
More than a decade of frozen funding has brought the NHS to a shocking new stage of crisis, in which … Read more
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Cancer doctor shortage ‘puts care at risk’
A shortage of cancer doctors will hamper the ability of the NHS to provide cutting-edge care, experts are warning. A … Read more
Halt privatisation of cancer screening or risk patient harm, MPs tell NHS England
Government and opposition MPs are urging NHS bosses to halt the privatisation of cancer screening services in Oxford, which doctors are … Read more
NHS England cervical screening backlog revealed by watchdog
National Audit Office finds more than 150,000 untested samples in laboratories More than 150,000 untested cervical screening samples were discovered … Read more
National radiotherapy plan ‘impossible to realise’ without more funding
Consolidation of radiotherapy services “will be impossible” without more money, a royal college has warned. The Royal College of Radiologists said … Read more
Waiting times for NHS cancer treatment are at worst ever level
Record numbers of patients are not getting vital cancer care on time because NHS England performance against waiting time targets has fallen … Read more
NHS cancer treatment wait statistics ‘set to be worst on record’
Full story The Guardian, 8 November 2018 The NHS is on course for its worst annual cancer waiting statistics on record, official … Read more
Thousands of terminal breast cancer patients ‘abandoned’ due to NHS nurse shortage
Full story in The Independent, 13 October 2018 Thousands of terminal breast cancer patients are being left “abandoned” amid a shortage of specialist … Read more
NHS summer crisis ‘worst on record’ as health service fails to meet cancer referral target
Full story in The Independent, 13 September 2018 The NHS has had its worst summer crisis on record, experts have warned, as the … Read more
The areas struggling most with cancer targets
Full Story in HSJ 24 January 2018 Cancer patients in three counties are at greater risk of death than elsewhere … Read more