Cancer is a complex disease. Professor Price has emphasised this many times, and while she acknowledges its complexity, she proposes simplified solutions: identifying key issues and create a plan.
NHS cancer services and systems—ten pressure points a UK cancer control plan needs to address
Professor Pat Price, along with a team of other UK healthcare professionals, has highlighted ten urgent issues affecting the delivery of cancer care services by the NHS in a policy review published in the Lancet Oncology.
NHS cancer services and systems—ten pressure points a UK cancer control plan needs to address
The paper presents policy recommendations, and emphasises the importance of implementing a cancer control plan.
Cancer is a complex disease. But the starting point to tackling our poor survival outcomes is simple: get a plan. Reverse the decision made by the last Government to scrap the national cancer control plan. All the international evidence shows that countries with national cancer plans have better survival.
The Latest Monthly Cancer Waiting Times
Following the publication of the July paper, Prof Price responded to the recent monthly cancer waiting times:
The cancer crisis is our most pressing health emergency at present, and these latest waiting time figures should serve as a call to action to drastically rethink our approach.
Read her full statement at Radiotherapy UK:
The UK needs to be a leader, not a lagger, in the global cancer effort
Professor Price joined other experts in her field to publish another article for the Lancet Oncology in August. This article emphasised the need for a dedicated cancer plan.
The UK needs to be a leader, not a lagger, in the global cancer effort
The Government has acknowledged that the NHS is broken and is reviewing the necessary actions. Whatever action they take, a new cancer plan to get us out of this mess must be at the top of the agenda.
PROFESSOR PAT PRICE
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