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 […]
5 July 2023 marks the 75th birthday of the National Health Service (NHS). When it was founded in 1948, the NHS was the first universal health system to be available to all, free at the point of delivery. Today, 90% of people agree that healthcare should still be free of charge, 84% think that care should […]
A project to promote the use of Faecal Immunohistochemical Testing (FIT) in urgent secondary care is scheduled to launch this summer across two hospital sites in north east London. The aim of the pilot is to reduce the time to diagnosis by investigating high-risk patients who present to secondary care emergency departments with lower GI […]
According to research by Macmillan Cancer Support, one in every four women don’t attend their cervical screening test, and London has some of the lowest rates in the country, standing at just 65.7% of eligible individuals (NHS Digital, 2021). The reasons for this can be varied, from a general lack of awareness about cervical screening through to concern […]
The next Cancer Community of Practice event will take place on 21 June at the CLCH Academy in central London from 8:50am to 12:45pm.The theme of the event this time will be quality improvement and exploring what could be done differently at an individual practice level to improve cancer care for patients.We’ll be joined by […]
As part of the TCST series of educational programmes and events, we’ll be hosting our next online National Primary Care discussion group on personalised cancer care on 20 June.The group is an opportunity for anyone with an interest in personalised cancer care and the role of primary care to come together and discuss key topics and […]
Delivering on the cancer waits standards remains a priority within the NHS. TCST has developed a training package in collaboration with London Cancer Alliances which is being delivered to staff across the city in 2023. So far this year, we’ve delivered the training to over 420 colleagues across the NHS in London.The training sessions are aimed at, […]
TCST is currently supporting a pilot project for imaging reporting demand and capacity modelling across two NHS Trusts in North Central London (NCL): The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust and The Whittington Health NHS Trust. The pilot has focused on developing an approach to identify the capacity requirements for imaging reporting to support service […]
The Transforming Cancer Services Team for London has recently launched a new workspace on the FutureNHS platform to improve two-way communication with our stakeholders and provide an interactive forum for discussions on cancer services across our city.The new workspace is open to anyone working across the NHS and within stakeholder organisations with a particular interest in […]
Blog written by GP and clinical lead of the children and young people’s mental health workstream at TPHC, Louise Miller to raise awareness of disordered eating,.