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New group to better diagnosis for cancer patients
Scottish Health Secretary Shona Robison will chair a new delivery group to improve waiting times for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients in Scotland.
The group, which will also contain clinicians, cancer coalition representatives and staff from NHS Boards, will be supported with £1 million of new funding which will assist the group in accelerating the roll-out of innovative early cancer detection measures, including qFit testing, to enable faster early diagnosis.
Cancer Waiting Time statistics show that 94.8 per cent of patients waited no more than 31 days once a decision is made to treat, and 86.9 per cent of patient urgently referred with a suspicion of cancer were seen within the 62 day standard.
Robison said: “I am establishing a short-life working group to drive forward improvements, starting with the diagnostic phase and making recommendation on the expansion of the innovative qFit programme. Additional funding of £1 million will be deployed to roll-out new technology which would allow consultants to report on diagnostic scans taken anywhere in the country – helping address short-falls in capacity in some areas. This new investment comes in addition to the on-going Cancer Strategy.
“The average wait for cancer treatment is six days currently. However, some waits are too long and the new delivery group will report back to me in early 2018 with recommendations to enhance cancer diagnosis and treatment going forward.”
The Scottish government has also announced an additional £3 million to increase the number of radiology trainees in Scotland by at least fifty over the next five years.
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