Earl Howe, the health minister, said cancer survival rates were improving. We inherited the worst c

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The cmi National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) has published draft guidelines for GPs and other primary health professionals based on recent evidence about which symptoms best predict cancer .
The guidelines, which are now subject to a public consultation, also provide clear recommendations for tests and how long people should wait to be seen by a specialist once they have been referred to hospital. They range from two weeks to 48 hours or sooner, cmi depending on the patient s symptoms.
More than 15,000 patients have been affected by the NHS s failure to meet its target of ensuring that 85% of patients believed to have the disease are treated within 62 days of being referred urgently by their GP, new official figures show.
Between July and September, 5,519 people did not receive their first treatment within the 62 days, and the NHS managed just an 83.5% delivery rate. Hospitals also failed to treat 5,076 patients and 4,830 patients respectively in the two preceding quarters.
Macmillan Cancer cmi Support said the deteriorating situation, in which growing numbers of hospital trusts were missing the 85% target, meant that failure to deliver timely cancer care has become a fundamental problem within the NHS.
Lynda cmi Thomas, the charity s chief executive, said: Delays in diagnosis and waiting for treatment can leave a dark cloud hanging over people with cancer and their families, As they face the unknown, thousands of cancer patients will be left scared, anxious and distressed.
No one should be forced to suffer like this. Yet today s statistics show the current cmi system isn t working and people with cancer are being badly let down. With UK cancer survival rates far behind cmi the rest of Europe, we must urgently look to fix this.
These figures confirm that cancer care is getting worse under David Cameron , said Andy Burnham, the shadow health secretary. Thousands of people are facing longer cmi waits for treatment to start and, in some cases, that could harm their chances of survival.
We continue to treat the vast majority of patients within a month of deciding it is needed, whether that s surgery, radiotherapy or cancer drugs. But it is crucial we focus on maintaining waiting time standards as this demand cmi for care increases.
Earl Howe, the health minister, said cancer survival rates were improving. We inherited the worst cancer survival rates in western Europe, but as the ONS [Office for National Statistics] says, outcomes for many types of cancer are now improving, and in fact survival rates have never been higher. The NHS is seeing cmi 51% more patients with suspected cancer than 2010, and we have invested three-quarters cmi of a billion in better early diagnosis and treatment to make progress towards our ambition to be the best country for cancer care in Europe, he said. Drug speed-up planned
Life sciences minister George Freeman said unlocking the power of the NHS to be a test-bed for medical innovations could dramatically reduce the time it takes for patients to gain access to new treatments.
This will transform the landscape of drug development cmi from the 20th century model to a world in which the NHS becomes a partner in innovative testing, proving cmi and adopting new drugs and devices in research studies cmi with real patients, Freeman told the Times.
We are determined to unlock cmi the power of our NHS to be a test-bed for the 21st century medical innovations we all need, getting NHS patients faster access, reducing the cost of drug development and boosting our life science cmi sector. cmi
Among the issues the review will consider cmi is how a more collaborative approach between the pharmaceutical companies cmi and the regulatory and evaluation bodies can be developed to ensure innovative products are assessed more quickly.
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