Wednesday 16th of May 2012 09:09 PM
Welcome to the Primary Care Cancer Society
Submitted: Tue, 12/05/2009 - 13:44 — adminThis site is designed for Primary Care Professionals & Consultant colleagues involved in treating cancer patients. Its main aims are to spread best practice and improved communications between professional colleagues who have an interest in Cancer Care.
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London Cancer - Integrated Cancer System for NEL, NCL and W Essex gets go ahead
Submitted: Thu, 06/10/2011 - 09:37 — Michael Gocman
Integrated Cancer System, “London Cancer”, Update for GPs
19th September 2011
The aim of this briefing paper is to update General Practitioners and their colleagues within North Central & North East London and West Essex on our work to develop an integrated cancer system, London Cancer, across our these 2 cancer network areas. This work is being undertaken in response to the specification issued in May 2011 by NHS London’s Cancer Implementation Board.
Why is Cancer Changing?
There are some simple but unacceptable facts that must drive change in cancer care in London, many of which were outlined in the Case for Change (Commissioning Support for London, 2009): cancer survival in the UK falls behind many in Europe; 1,000 lives could be saved in London if UK cancer survival rates equalled Europe’s best, and later diagnosis is a major contributory factor in poorer survival. Whilst London has some areas of excellence and research is often world-class, in reality, patient access, experience and outcome are often poor. The rate of improvement in cancer mortality has been slow in North Central and North East London compared to elsewhere in London and the rest of England; indeed, in some tumour types, survival has actually worsened in recent years.
