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Better Treatment
It is suggested 52% of cancer patients should receive radiotherapy as part of treatment. In 2007 it was estimated only 37% accessed this treatment.
Radiotherapy capacity has increased but the demand has not.
Chemotherapy Services in England: In 2009 the National Chemotherapy Advisory Group produced a report that recommended a Chemo pathway. -
Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer
The government’s new cancer strategy
Latest strategic document produced by the coalition Government 3 themes that underpin the strategy No decision about me without me
Delivering improvements in outcomes that matter rather than processes
Empower local organisations and professionals to deliver the freedoms to innovate and drive improvements. -
Prevention and Early Diagnosis
“Up to half of all cancers could be prevented by changes in lifestyle behaviour” Mike Richards -
Shocking Statistics
“…..if patients were diagnosed at the same earlier stage as they are in other countries, up to 10,000 deaths could be avoided every year”
- 95% of patients present with symptoms
Nearly ¼ of all cancers are diagnosed through the emergency route -
National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative (NAEDI)
NAEDI
- A partnership between DH and Cancer Research UK to encourage and evaluate local interventions.
- The Doncaster cough campaign for lung cancer. Raising awareness of the importance of reporting a persistent cough achieved increased number of patients seeing GP and increase in patients diagnosed at earlier stage of lung cancer 11% to 19%. -
Putting patients and the public first: Information and Choice
Presumption of choice to be created by 2013/14 including where and when to have treatment as well as place of death
There is a need to provide high quality information for all levels from commissioners to the public and this will drive for better outcomes. Information must be informing, engaging and empowering
More information to be collected on constitution and performance of services as well as patient experience surveys -
Cancer Prevention
Cancer Prevention
Smoking – Tobacco control plan to be published
Obesity - Change4Life programme
Sun beds – Sunbed Regulation Act Spring 2011. NICE willguidance on prevention of skin cancer in 2011
Workplace – Estimated 8000 cancer deaths per year are due to occupational exposures in Britain. HSE identifying highest risks.
Medication – Use of medication in reducing risk of cancers
Screening
HPV vaccination – By Nov 2010 76.9% girls aged 12-13 had received 1st dose of vaccine
GP education -
NCIN
NCIN
- Many organisations collect different types of information about cancer (incidence, staging, treatments, inpatient stays etc).
- The NCIN partnership is about finding ways of streamlining and sharing information to improve outcomes. -
National Cancer E-Atlas
The cancer e-atlas is a publicly available resource that demonstrates survival and incidence data for each disease site by cancer network. Suggest delegates look at the data for their own networks. -
Improving Outcomes
Improving outcomes - A strategy for Cancer
Several different themes but specific areas of focus are:
- Patient Choice
- Prevent and Early Diagnosis
- Better Treatments
- Delivering Care in the appropriate setting
- Importance of Information -
2014/15
By 2014/15 it is believed that 5000 additional lives can be saved each year in England.
That is enough to fill The Royal Albert Hall.
