Faster testing for prostate cancer is being introduced across Northamptonshire to ensure more patients can benefit from quicker diagnosis and treatment. The RAPID prostate pathway is one of the priority projects of the national Cancer Transformation Programme, supporting the introduction of the new NHS Faster Diagnosis Standard from April 2020. This will ensure that all [...]
Public Health Northamptonshire is implementing a series of innovative changes to its Stop Smoking Service, to help reach the government target of a smoke-free generation by 2030. From February 2020, smokers in Northamptonshire have the option to choose a free e-cigarette starter kit and a supply of e-liquid when they take part in the 12-week [...]
Faster and more accurate testing for signs of bowel cancer is being introduced by GP practices across Northamptonshire. The new test, the Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT), was launched in July across the county for patients aged 60 and over with change of bowel habit. FIT works by determining whether there is blood in a person’s [...]
Northamptonshire has been awarded £750,000 from NHS England’s Cancer Transformation Fund for 2019/20 to support a variety of programmes to improve cancer care and outcomes. As well as helping to fund rapid early diagnosis, new bowel cancer testing in GP practices and improving uptake of cancer screening, the money will go towards providing personalised follow-up [...]
Mobile scanning units will be located in Corby People most at risk of developing lung disease will be able to get tested in Corby later this year under a new local scheme aimed at improving cancer survival rates. NHS England has awarded more than £2m to fund ‘Targeted Lung Health Checks’ for local [...]
Hayley Steptoe A new support group has been launched in Northamptonshire for people who have experienced head and neck cancer and their families. The Swallows Northamptonshire is a branch of the national charity of the same name, and provides a way for people who have been through the significant trauma of this kind of [...]
As one of the areas of focus in the national NHS Five Year Foward View, a great deal of Partnership work is going on to improve cancer services in Northamptonshire. This includes new ways to detect cancers earlier and a renewed focus on improving the overall health and wellbeing of people living with the illness. [...]