On 18 September, NHS England launched another phase of the ‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign, focusing specifically on lung cancer symptoms. The campaign aims to increase knowledge of the key symptom of lung cancer – a cough that lasts three weeks or more – and encouraging those who have this symptom to contact their GP […]
Our next range of Cancer Waits and Best Practice Timed Pathways training will take place on 3 and 18 October via MS teams.Each session will last around one hour.In light of the recent announcement by NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care on forthcoming changes to how cancer waiting times are measured […]
We’ve recently updated the cancer data on our website to reflect the latest published figures for: Sub-ICB Cancer stage at diagnosis; and Cancer Alliance stage at diagnosis Data shows the case-mix adjusted percentage of cancers diagnosed at stage one and two for twenty-one malignant cancers in England in 2013-2020 by sub-ICB and Cancer Alliance respectively. […]
TCST is launching a pan-London lymphoedema working group in collaboration with the Pan London Lymphoedema Community of Practice. The programme will build on the previous work addressing the needs of Londoners experiencing lymphoedema as a consequence of cancer treatment, and the workforce that deliver this essential service.Focus areas that the group will be responsible for taking forward […]
We’ll soon be kicking off a new project to improve the uptake of Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) in the Bengali community across north east London. Through the project, we’ll be working with staff at the Macmillan Centre at Newham Hospital to interview patients from the Bengali community who have been asked to undertake a FIT […]
Following discussion at the last meeting of the Primary Care and Community Education Group (PCCEG) in July and with other key stakeholders, there was agreement that: primary care and community education and training for personalised cancer care would be incorporated into the London Personalised Cancer Care Partnership Board; training for early diagnosis would be incorporated […]
A webinar discussing the role of FIT and how administrative staff can best support patients took place on 19 September.Produced by GatewayC and supported by TCST, NHS England and the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance Early Diagnosis Team, the webinar was attended by over 160 people from across England. Primary care specialists discussed the role of […]
From 1 October, the standards measuring waiting times for cancer diagnosis and treatment are being modernised and simplified. The NHS will move from the 10 different standards in place now to three: Faster Diagnosis Standard: a diagnosis or ruling out of cancer within 28 days of referral (set at 75%) 31-day treatment standard: commence treatment within 31 […]
Stoptober is back, calling on smokers in England to join the 2.5 million others who have made a quit attempt with the campaign since it first launched. Over 5 million adults in England still smoke, and it remains the biggest behavioural cause of preventable illness and death, with 64,000 deaths a year. This year’s Stoptober […]
In this blog, young people with experience of disordered eating share advice on navigating the health service while awaiting a diagnosis and treatment.