Modern screening can be more personalised and convenient to save lives says new report The NHS has the opportunity to upgrade cancer screening to save thousands more lives each year, a major report said today.
Leading expert Professor Sir Mike Richards was jointly commissioned by NHS chief executive Simon Stevens and Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock to make recommendations on overhauling national screening programmes, as part of a new NHS drive for earlier diagnosis and improved cancer survival.
In his report, Sir Mike, who was the NHS’ first cancer director as well as the CQC’s chief inspector of hospitals, called for people to be given much greater choice over when and where they are screened. NHS England
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Leading expert Professor Sir Mike Richards was jointly commissioned by NHS chief executive Simon Stevens and Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock to make recommendations on overhauling national screening programmes, as part of a new NHS drive for earlier diagnosis and improved cancer survival.
In his report, Sir Mike, who was the NHS’ first cancer director as well as the CQC’s chief inspector of hospitals, called for people to be given much greater choice over when and where they are screened. NHS England
See also:
- Review of national cancer screening programmes in England NHS England
- NHS screening 'needs to fit with busy lives' BBC News
- Women must be offered breast cancer checks and smear tests during their lunch hour, report demands The Daily Mail
- NHS to offer women mammograms and smears in lunch breaks in bid to boost cancer survival rates The Daily Telegraph
- Offer cancer screenings during lunch breaks, report urges The Guardian
- Cancer screening services need major overhaul to halt ‘worrying decline’, report warns The Independent
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