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The next government must make high quality cancer care a priority during, and after, the upcoming general election
Guest Blog by Ellie Rose, Public Affairs Manager, Macmillan Cancer Support There are now 2.5 million people living with cancer in the UK. By 2020, this is estimated to rise to 3 million. And by the end of next year … Continue reading
Posted in Bowel Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Election, Public Health, Research, Social Care
Tagged cancer, CPES, end-of-life, General Election, Macmillan, NHS, Social Care
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Age should not be a factor in cancer treatment
For Christmas my daughter bought me Jodie Picoult’s moving novel ‘My Sister’s keeper’, the story of a girl who is genetically selected to be born as a bone-marrow donor match to treat her older sister Kate’s leukemia. Kate relapses as … Continue reading
Posted in Bowel Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Finance
Tagged age, ageism, cancer, Cancer Drugs Fund, CDF, humanity, Jeremy Hunt, Macmillan Cancer Support, NCIN, utilitarianism, value
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November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Guest blog from Pancreatic Cancer UK Did you know that pancreatic cancer is poised to overtake breast cancer as the 4th deadliest in the UK? Or that is has the worst five-year survival rates of the 21 most common … Continue reading
Guest Blogspot: Prevention is better than cure.
The economic consequences of preventing illness are highly complex. Just comparing the costs of prevention with the direct treatment costs that should be avoided is far too simplistic. The true economic impact of preventative measures can often only be assessed … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Business, Children, Elderly, Health Bill, Healthcare, Information, Jeremy Hunt, NHS, Obesity, Patient choice, Patients, Policy, Uncategorized
Tagged accidents, alcohol, Andrew Lansley, arthritis, cancer, cardiovasculsr, cause of dsath, choice, elderly, government, health, Health Bill, injury, Jeremy Hunt, longevity, mortality, National Health Service, NHS, Obesity, Patients, prevention, Public Health, respiratory, smoking, tobacco
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Cancer Commissioning: Networks need to stay
Without having to think very hard, I can name five of my friends who in their forties have been diagnosed with cancer. For all our sophisticated medicine, cancer remains the leading cause of premature death. Last week we heard from … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning
Tagged cancer, National Health Service, Network, NHS, Oncology, patient, Paul Burstow
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Guest Blogspot: What should we expect from medical and pharmaceutical R&D in the future?
Charities representing patients with different illnesses compete to make the case for research and the availability of the best treatment and care in their areas of interest. The autumn party political conferences probably represent the peak campaigning period. Many medical … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Department of Health, Drugs, Emerging technologies, Hospitals, Innovation, mental health, NHS, Patients, Pharma, Policy, Research, Technology
Tagged 2020health, cancer, charities, Department of Health, Drugs, innovation, lupus, medicine, mental health, mergers, National Health Service, NHS, NICE, pharmaceutical, pricing, R&D, Research, think tank, value-based, value-based pricing
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