Here at Healthy London Partnership, we’re on a mission to ensure London’s social prescribing system is not only sustainable but thriving. But we, and the partners we work with to make this happen, are increasingly aware of just how challenging this is, especially right now. Public services are overwhelmed, the voluntary sector is starved of […]
GPs should consider referring patients whose symptoms and signs may be due to cancer, but the tumour site is not clear, to the Non-Specific Symptom Pathway managed by your local Rapid Diagnostic Centre (RDC). A Site Specific Pathway remains appropriate if there is GP concern, but the tumour site of origin seems clear, even if […]
The London Health and Care Partnership (HCP) has announced a non-recurrent funding opportunity for projects supporting the priorities of the London Vision over the next financial year (2023/24). Improving the health and care of Londoners through better, more integrated service delivery is a key priority for the HCP. The Partnership is working collaboratively with stakeholders […]
The Transforming Cancer Services Team and Elective Care Improvement Support Team have been supporting Integrated Care System (ICS) led demand and capacity (D&C) modelling for CT, MRI and ultrasound across North Central and North East London systems. The approach was initially developed with the Southwest London ICS using the national demand and capacity teams ‘Core […]
In light of recent challenges with nuclear medicine and PET-CT we have recently started a pan-London nuclear medicine group to support recruitment and development of staff in this specialist and under the radar discipline. We are beginning the process of hiring a pan-London practice educator as a first step in that support. The Imaging and […]
We have updated our on-line interactive dashboard to include 2021 cancer waiting times data. Analysis is provided at London, STP, Cancer Alliance and tumour level. Over the past ten years the number of patients seen as suspected cancer has increased each year, except during 2020 due to pandemic. Between 2012 and 2019 the number of […]
The National Cancer Patient Experience Survey (NCPES) is an important part of the national NHS Cancer Programme, which places patient experience on a par with clinical effectiveness and safety as a key strategic priority. It has been designed to monitor progress on cancer care, to drive local quality improvements, to assist commissioners and providers of […]
Quality of Life and Cancer continues to be a key priority area within the TCST Personalised Cancer Care programme. There is an established London Quality of Life and Cancer Working group and two established Task and Finish groups focusing on: Improving survey completeness across London and the Understanding the data and what it means for London.An action plan […]
Robert Adoo Kissi-Debrah shares his experiences of living with asthma as a young person and how he has learnt to manage the condition. Robert also draws on the work of The Ella Roberta Foundation, founded by his mother, Rosamund, which raises awareness about asthma and campaigns to improve air quality for everyone, everywhere.
Ruth Fitzharris from Mums for Lungs blogs about the links between air pollution and asthma. Ruth considers the practical changes which parents of children with asthma can take to reduce the risk of air pollution triggering their condition, as well as the need for wider-system changes to tackle air pollution across cities.