1.05 - Cancer
BLMK Health Conversations On...
English - October 16, 2022 23:30 - 46 minutes - 63.6 MBMedicine Health & Fitness care conversation doctor fitness health hospital medicine mentalhealth nhs services Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode of BLMK Health Conversation On... we will focus on cancer detection, care of cancer patients and the treatment available.
With one in two people now at risk of being diagnosed with cancer there has never been a more pressing time to develop and put in place a long-term plan to:
diagnose cancers earlier, improve people’s survival rates, and provide well supported and personalised care that is closer to the patient’s home .The ICB’s long-term plan is ambitious and is focused on diagnosing cancers earlier and faster, so that more people are diagnosed at stages one or two by 2028.
Host Felicity Cox is joined by some very special guests:
Kathy Nelson, Head of Cancer Network
Dawn Allen, founder of the Henry Allen Trust
Dr James Ramsey, Respiratory Consultant at L&D Hospital
Sarah Miller, Head of Informatics, Cancer Alliance
Amanda Pleavin, Managing Director for Cancer Alliance
Here are the highlights:
(00:27) Introductions and background
(03:14) How do we support people living with cancer and beyond?
(10:06) What are we doing locally to get patients the diagnosis and treatment they need?
(15:36) The current picture of cancer rates in BLMK
(22:36) How are we supporting faster diagnosis?
(28:32) What can we do to accelerate the work?
(31:09) How has Covid impacted cancer care?
(36:52) Collaboration improves care