As the Government begins to ease the coronavirus lockdown, we can expect the United Kingdom NHS to attempt to reach some semblance of normality. We fear however that it will be difficult for the NHS to cope with the Cancer backlog which has built up over the past three months. Surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy has…
Regardless of what Boris says, Stay at Home and Stay Safe if you are: Recovering from Cancer. You are over 70. You live in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. There is UK confusion and discord over the Prime Minister’s vague and ambiguous Coronavirus Exit rules for Work, Travel, Schooling, Exercise and Family contact. At the…
515 NHS nurses, doctors and other health professionals have written an open letter to Trump demanding a guarantee that the NHS will not be targeted in any UK-US trade talks. “We are particularly concerned about conversations over patents for pharmaceuticals and the potential for huge drug price increases for the NHS,” the letter says. “To…
As I discussed in recent blogs, there is a surge of new immune-oncology technologies that help the body’s immune system identify and attack cancer tumours. The precision of such technologies will be crucial to refining and personalising cancer treatment for the 21st century.