Evidence casts doubt on new cancer blood test usage
There is mounting evidence that the Galleri blood test to detect multiple types of cancer from a single blood sample … Read more
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Experts say NHS data for England showing rise in cancer checks is misleading
Experts have said that the NHS figures that show more people than ever are being checked for cancer are “misleading”. … Read more
Fewer Community Diagnostic Centres open than government says: openDemocracy investigation
An investigation by openDemocracy has found that dozens of the government’s flagship community diagnostic centres said to be reducing record … Read more
Leamington ‘megalab’ faces closure
The Rosalind Franklin Laboratory in Leamington Spa, which opened in the summer of 2021 at a cost of up to £1billion and … Read more
How can new diagnostics hubs cope with staff shortages?
Nineteen more locations have been announced for Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) by the Health and social care secretary Steve Barclay, which takes … Read more
Longest diagnostic waits at highest level since covid lockdown
NHS England data for September shows 12.4 per cent of the 1.6 million awaiting a diagnostic test had been on … Read more
Now for the bad news as cancer care hits ‘worst ever’ performance
Barely had the BBC headlines trumpeting the achievement of virtually eliminating 2-year waits for NHS treatment in England faded from TV and … Read more
NHS England waiting list reaches another record high in March
The number of people waiting for hospital treatment in England reached another record high in March, with a total of 6.4 million … Read more
Many NHS staff face charge for Covid tests
With just days to go before the 1 April deadline marking the end of free covid testing for many, a … Read more
OpenDemocracy reveal that most of Javid’s ‘69 new NHS centres’ may not actually exist
Sajid Javid told Parliament on 8 February that scores of “new community diagnostic centres” had “already opened across England in convenient places … Read more