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In the press - 2022
- Digitalising cancer pathways - Professor Wishart
Healthcare Markets | July 2022
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- BBC DNA Family Secrets with Stacey Dooley
BBC | 16th June 2022
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- Professor Wishart features in an ITV film on Ian Paterson - 'Bodies of Evidence: The Butcher Suregon'
ITV | 12th June 2022
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- Cancer survival in England is not improving - here's what needs to be done
The Conversation/The Independent | 7th April 2022
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- The UK not making progress on 75% target of diagnosing cancer at an early
LBC Radio | 5th April 2022
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- Britain is facing a cancer care timebomb
The Spectator | 16th March 2022
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In the press - 2021
- The effect of Covid on cancer diagnosis - up to 1,000 fewer cancer cases diagnosed each week due to lockdown measures
The Express | 29th January 2021
Read the full article - Lockdown and cancer: are we getting the full story?
The Spectator | 3rd April 2021
Read the full article - Bowel Cancer Symptoms: The two 'most common' changes in your bowel habits to look out for
The Express | 12th April 2021
Read the full article - Professor Wishart speaks with BBC Look East on NHS waiting times caused by the pandemic.
BBC Look East | 4th May 2021
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- Professor Wishart speaks with The Telegraph on aiming for ‘super normal’ when it comes to cancer services
The Telegraph | 9th December 2021
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In the press - 2020
- Resetting the provider-insurer relationship
LaingBuisson: Healthcare Markets | 21st July 2020
Read the full article - Check4Cancer says audit confirms clinical excellence of breast cancer pathway
LaingBuisson: Healthcare Markets | 14th July 2020
Read the full article - Urgent cancer referrals were wrongly turned down during the pandemic
Mail Online | 12th July 2020
Read the full article - 10 million on NHS waiting lists by Christmas
Sunday Express | 21st June 2020
Read the full article - At home HPV testing for cervical cancer screening could prevent further harm caused by suspension of NHS screening services during the pandemic
Check4Cancer news | 10th June 2020
Read the full article - 'I am very angry at the way I have been treated due to Covid-19': Horrendous toll on non-virus patients is emerging
ITV News Online | 9th June 2020
Read the full article - Putting off cancer treatments is ‘trading deaths’ say experts
Sunday Express | 31st May 2020
Read the full article - Study confirms one-week radiotherapy schedule is safe and effective following breast cancer surgery – a major benefit to patients and over-stretched health services
eCancer | 14th May 2020
Read the full article - HM meets… Professor Gordon Wishart
LaingBuisson: Healthcare Markets | 13th May 2020
Read the full interview - Thousands of vital cancer treatments missed due to coronavirus pandemic
Sunday Express | 7th May 2020
Read the full article - Failure to fully integrate NHS and private hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic will increase cancer death rates
eCancer | 20th April 2020
Read the full article - Thousands of hospital beds are EMPTY - despite non-COVID-19 patients denied treatment
Sunday Express | 19th April 2020
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BBC Radio 4 | 13th April 2020 - Cancer deaths set to soar amid coronavirus crisis
Sunday Express | 12th April 2020
Read the full article - Cancer treatment delays could increase death rates due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on UK hospital capacity
eCancer | 9th April 2020
Read the full article - Specialist cancer providers in talks with NHS over additional services during Covid-19 outbreak
LaingBuisson: Healthcare Markets | 9th April 2020
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BBC Radio 4 | 8th April 2020 - The Emma Barnett Show
BBC Radio 5 Live | 8th April 2020 - Lunchtime Live
BBC Radio Scotland | 8th April 2020 - Cancer patients could see condition develop from 'operable to inoperable' because medics are busy battling coronavirus, expert warns after NHS strikes deal for private hospitals to take on 20,000 high-priority cases
Mail Online | 8th April 2020
Read the full article - Nurse, 55, with rare cancer who raised £50,800 on GoFundMe for emergency treatment after NHS postponed it due to coronavirus has private procedure cancelled the day before due to staff shortages
Mail Online | 8th April 2020
Read the full article - Gordon Wishart, Chief Medical Officer at Check4Cancer calls for urgent UK Government action to tackle the backlog of 3 million cancer patients waiting for screening or diagnosis.
- BBC News | 18th September 2020 Listen from 14.23
- How the pandemic is changing traditional healthcare relationships in the UK
LaingBuisson: Healthcare Markets | 21st September 2020
Read the full article - Covid chaos offers chance to revamp independent practice
Independent Practitioner Today | 14th October 2020
Read the full article - Coronavirus: Hidden toll of 25,000 extra deaths in private homes since virus took hold
Express | 20th October 2020
Read the full article - Doctors fear for the continued actions of the Government
Express | 2nd November 2020
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