Current waiting times for radiotherapy in Leeds are:
Emergency - no wait
Urgent - average of 15 days
Routine - average of 32 days
Occasionally due to the complexity of treatment planning the wait may be slightly longer.
Please contact the radiotherapy department on 0113 2068940 if you have any waiting time queries.
These waiting times will be updated on a monthly basis and any changes will be posted here.
news item published here Thursday 26 June 2008
Excellence in Tobacco Control: 10 high impact changes to achieve tobacco control
This document aims to achieve a sustainable and integrated approach to tobacco
control at a local level. It clearly sets out the required actions for those
charged with delivering tobacco control locally, and clearly identifies to
senior stakeholders the need for high-level strategic support to achieve this.
news item published here Tuesday, 20, May, 2008 at 7:53:16 AM
Leeds Radiotherapy Waiting Times: May 2008
Current waiting times for radiotherapy in Leeds are:
Emergency - within 48 hours
Urgent - average of 15 days
Routine - average of 32 days
Occasionally due to the complexity of treatment planning the wait may be slightly longer.
Please contact the radiotherapy department on 0113 2068940 if you have any waiting time queries.
These waiting times will be updated on a monthly basis and any changes will be posted here.
news item published here Tuesday, 6, May, 2008 at 12:04:57
Cancerbackup Launch online community - "What Now?"
Cancerbackup has launched an online community for people affected by cancer, www.whatnow.org.uk, where people can chat to each other in similar situations, share tips and benefit from patient-to-patient information.
Join What Now? and you can:
Create your own profile page with pictures, videos, a personal blog and more.
Find people with similar experiences, add them to your buddy-list and keep up with how they are getting on.
Help others by posting comments on the forums, using the chatrooms and uploading useful videos.
Read our expert blogs, written by nurses, and send in your tips, or follow cancer stories in the news.
NICE have published new guidances for the diagnosis, treatment, care and support that men who have suspected or diagnosed prostate cancer should be offered. It does not specifically look at the care of men with rare cancers of the prostate (for example, small-cell carcinoma and rhabdomyosarcoma).
news item published here Wednesday 27 February, 2008 at 9:49am
Leeds Radiotherapy Waiting Times
February 2008
Current waiting times for radiotherapy in Leeds are:
Emergency - within 48 hours
Urgent - within 2 weeks
Routine - within 4 weeks
Occasionally due to the complexity of treatment planning the wait may be slightly longer.
Please contact the radiotherapy department on 0113 2068940 if you have any waiting time queries.
These waiting times will be updated on a monthly basis and any changes will be posted here.
Patient services have now transferred from Cookridge Hospital to the brand new £220 million Bexley Wing
at St James’s Hospital, Leeds, containing the St James’s Institute of Oncology.
The Cancer Reform Strategy builds on the progress made since the publication of the NHS Cancer Plan in 2000 and
sets a clear direction for cancer services for the next five years. It shows how by 2012 our cancer services can and should become among the best in the world.
news item published here 03 December 2007 14:01:21
Outcomes from cancer are improving. Death rates in people under the age of 75 years are falling by
around 2% per annum – overall cancer mortality in people under 75 fell by nearly 16% between 1996 and 2004.
The Healthcare Commission has recently published a number of reports within it's Acute Hospital Portfolio.
The endoscopy national report was published on March 26th 2007 and is available through the link below. Also
available below is the link to the imaging (radiology) national report published on March 19th 2007.
The pathology national report will be published on April 2nd 2007.
A report published today states that the Department’s 31 day waiting time target for newly diagnosed cancer patients receiving treatment has been met.
The report, Waiting times for cancer: progress, lessons learned and next steps, also sets out recommendations on how the Department can further improve
cancer waiting times. The NHS is currently close to meeting the 62 day target for patients with suspected cancer who have been referred from a GP to a consultant.
The Secretary of State for Health, Patricia Hewitt commissioned Professor Mike Richard earlier this year to write the report to highlight the
progress that has been made in meeting cancer treatment waiting time targets.
The 31 day and 62 day waiting time targets were originally set out in the NHS Cancer Plan 2000.
This guidance recommends a solution to the requirement to integrate urgent referrals for suspected cancer (two week wait (2WW)) referral pathways into
Choose and Book. This proposal enables current Choose and Book functionality to support a consistent approach to the management of 2WW referrals,
which should enable Trusts to make the best use of NICE guidance while allowing for local adaptation.
The Network has published clinical guidelines for the use of PET/CT.
These Guidelines have been produced through a series of clinical lead meetings. The Guidelines reflect
current clinical indications based on NICE Guidance and best practice for the various cancer sites.
The YCN chemotherapy workbook has been developed by the Yorkshire Cancer Network Chemotherapy Education Group
and forms part of the Yorkshire Cancer Network Chemotherapy Education Programme.
This workbook has been developed to support the production of evidence required to achieve
successful competency assessment.
Completion of the workbook assists practitioners to develop an understanding of the theory
and knowledge underpinning practical administration of chemotherapy and should be part
of a competency process supported by a chemotherapy nurse assessor.
news item published here 15 September 2006 15:26:52
I am writing to let you know that following a period of consultation the Revised Colorectal Measures are being issued
today as part of the Manual for Cancer Services.
You can download the Measures and covering letter from the manual page or by using the following links:
The YCN/HYCCN Haematology Group is hosting a Haematology Patient Information event for clinical health
professionals on the afternoon of Friday 8th September 2006, in the YCRN Conference Suite, Ida Nurses Home, Cookridge Hospital, Leeds.
The aim of this event is to offer Health Professionals with a specialist Haematology
role (Doctors, nurses and associated allied health teams) the opportunity to familiarise
themselves with the work of the leading information provider organisations, their patient information
resources and associated support services available for the patients and families that they care for.
For further details including the programme and online registration please click here.
NICE has developed guidance on the healthcare that should be provided for people with brain tumours
and other central nervous system tumours. It recommends which healthcare professionals should
be involved in treatment and care, and the types of hospital or cancer centre best suited to that care.
The key recommendations are:
All patients’ care should be co-ordinated through a designated multi-disciplinary team (MDT)
All patients should have face-to-face contact with healthcare professionals to discuss their care at critical points in their care pathway, and
be provided with high quality written information to support this
All patients should have a clearly defined key worker
Patients should have ready access to specialist care services as appropriate
Palliative care specialists should be core members of the neuroscience MDT and of the cancer network MDT
Cancer networks should ensure that clinical trials on brain tumours carried out by the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI)
are supported and patient entry into these studies actively monitored.
Cancer Networks are required by the Manual of Cancer Services (2004) to have a Network agreed programme of
training for the administration of chemotherapy.
The Yorkshire Cancer Network Chemotherapy Education Group is made up of nursing and
educational/ training representatives from acute Trusts, Primary Care Trusts and Universities
across the YCN. This group has developed a chemotherapy education programme which meets
national requirements.
The Humber and Yorkshire Coast Cancer Network Palliative Care Network and Partners is holding a 1 day meeting called "Perspectives on Palliative Care".
The event is being held at the KC Stadium in Hull on the 11th July 2006.
The programme is available here:
The event is free to all and booking forms can be obtained from Chloe Warburton. tel: (01482 336274) or email: chloe.warburton@hey.nhs.uk
Our mission is to serve our members by bringing together cancer patients,family members and carers and
medical and health care professionals. The conference encourages all those affected by cancer, to
share their experience, knowledge and strength with each other in a safe, relaxed and positive
environment and to help each individual improve the quality of their personal cancer journey.
This year we are celebrating the 22nd Birthday of The National Conference of Cancer Self Help Groups. Our
weekend programme of events includes speakers, workshops, complementary and art therapies. Every
evening is filled with fun and entertainment and Saturday night is our Conference Dinner with Live Music and Dancing.
The aim of the NHS End of Life Care (EoLC) Programme is to improve end of life care for all
patients irrespective of diagnosis and seeks to provide greater choice for patients in
their place of care and death Also to reduce the number of emergency admissions to acute care for those who
have expressed a wish to die at home and reduce the number of patients transferred from care homes to acute
care in the last week of life. This report highlights progress made over the last year and gives examples of innovative work
to improve end of life care and the importance of key partnerships with both statutory and voluntary organisations.
NICE has issued guidance on how healthcare services for people with sarcoma should be organised. The guidance
recommends which healthcare professionals should be involved in treatment and care, and the types of hospital or c
ancer centre that are best suited to provide that healthcare.
The key recommendations are:
Prompt referral for expert diagnosis is crucial
People should be treated by a specialist multidisciplinary team
Treatment should be carried out by specialists
Appropriate support and rehabilitation services should be available to people who are disabled by treatment for sarcoma
All sarcoma teams should collect data on treatment and care, and take part in training programmes and audits.
This Audit Tool was developed by the Communications Sub-group of the YCN User Partnership Group. It
was developed in response to feedback from service users' experiences of people and services
and their desire to improve communication between professionals and users.
It has been designed for use in a variety of clinical settings. It can be used to assess a
number of contexts in which communication is important: clinic reception, out-patients, diagnostic
procedures, nursing and medical consultations would all be examples of where the tool could be used.
news item published here 03 February 2006 19:55:12
The Network Guidelines have been produced following discussion by the Breast Non Surgical Oncology Group
and clearly define the patient groups eligible for treatment with Herceptin.
NHS Networks is a new initiative and website to connect leaders and innovators across the NHS with each other and
with policy formers - joining networks up across geographies, sectors, professions and government.
The Networks registered within Yorkshire and the Humber can be found here
news item published here 22 December 2005 08:33:42
The YCN Haematology and Chemotherapy Groups have approved these chemotherapy protocols for the treatment of haematological malignancies across the Network.
news item published here 02 November 2005 12:19:28
The draft versions of the revised Colorectal Measures are being issued today for a three month consultation. You can download the Draft Measures, Pro Formas and accompanying letters below:
The Annual Reports (2004/5) and Work Programmes (2005/6) for the Breast, Lung, Colorectal, Gynaecology, Upper GI and Urology NSSGs have been published on the website.
They can be found linked on the home page for each of the groups.
It is hoped that you will contribute to this consultation exercise to ensure that the
published Head and Neck Measures are both comprehensive and clear.
To achieve the target of publishing the Head and Neck Measures at the beginning of
November 2005 the programme for considering responses and making appropriate
amendments has a very short timescale. The receipt of any responses in advance of
the three-month deadline would therefore be much appreciated. For the same reason it
will not be possible to consider any comments that are received after the deadline, Friday 7 October 2005.
A proforma has been provided to assist you in compiling your comments on the
contents of the draft Head and Neck Measures and this can also be found on the
Department of Health web-site or CQuINS web-site.
Any comments on the draft Head and Neck Measures should be submitted by Friday 7 October 2005 to:
Ruth Howkins
Associate National Coordinator, Cancer Peer Review
Department of Palliative Medicine
St Thomas' Hospital
Lambeth Palace Road
London
SE1 7EH
The quality measures contained within this manual are applicable to all
commissioners and providers of cancer registration services throughout England. It is
important, therefore, that all networks, organisations and teams take this opportunity
to read the draft Cancer Registry Measures and let us have comments so that these can
be considered, and, where appropriate, incorporated into the final revision.
To achieve the target of publishing the Cancer Registry Measures at the beginning of
November 2005 the programme for considering responses and making appropriate
amendments has a very short timescale. The receipt of any responses in advance of
the three-month deadline would therefore be much appreciated. For the same reason it
will not be possible to consider any comments that are received after the deadline, Friday 7 October 2005.
A proforma has been provided to assist you in compiling your comments on the
contents of the draft Cancer Registry Measures and this can also be found on the
Department of Health web-site or CQuINS web-site.
Any comments on the draft Cancer Registry Measures should be submitted by Friday 7 October 2005 to:
Beverley Goring
Quality Manager – Cancer Registries
Department of Palliative Medicine
St Thomas’ Hospital
Lambeth Palace Road
London
SE1 7EH
