Author: Catherine Nestor

Lynch Surveillance Hub opens for North Central London patients

Illustration of a teal and aqua coloured double helix next to the words Lynch Surveillance Hub

The North Central London Lynch Surveillance Hub has been launched at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). It will monitor, counsel and advise patients who are living with Lynch Syndrome. This is an inherited variation in certain genes which increases a person’s risk of endometrial, ovarian or colorectal cancers. Lynch Syndrome affects approximately […]

North Central London conference celebrates cancer nursing

Angelie Samuel standing at the lecturn, speaking at the North Central London cancer clinical nurse specialist conference

This week the North Central London Cancer Alliance (NCLCA) held its first cancer clinical nurse specialist (CNS) conference. Partnered by Macmillan Cancer Support, the Alliance and cancer nurse leads from the North Central London acute trusts organised the event at the Wellcome Collection. Close to 150 nurses and nurse leaders attended. The day was a […]

2023/2024 Call for pan-London research fellowships

Now in its eighth year, the Pan-London Cancer Alliances Research Consortium is pleased to announce a new round of 12-month cancer research fellowships for 2023/24. The potential areas for projects are: Please see the guidance below for more details, as well as a project proposal template. Initially, potential supervisors are asked to submit project titles […]

Modernising cancer waiting time standards

NHS 75 logo in top left corner. Blue text on white background reads The NHS is changing the way we measure diagnosing and treating cancer patients. Illustration shows a female lying on a CT scan bed and a patient sitting on a chair with an intravenous infusion set up besides her. A nurse in grey scrubs is standing in front of her.

From 1 October, the standards measuring waiting times for cancer diagnosis and treatment are being modernised and simplified. The NHS will move from the 10 different standards in place now to three: The main changes are: There is no change to the way GPs refer patients onto Urgent Suspected Cancer pathways. The only change is […]

Toolkit for virtual cancer MDT meetings is published 

A project by the North Central London Cancer Alliance and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and published in BMJ Open has resulted in a toolkit for running virtual and hybrid cancer multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings.   The toolkit is valuable for cancer teams in any hospital and will help MDT members to run and participate […]

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