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It was named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for in 2015. 92% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 73% recommended it as a place to work. [35] In March 2023, it had 1,796 full-time equivalent staff [ 36 ] and a sickness absence rate of 4.7% compared to 4.9% average across England.
The patient's consultant must apply to the fund using an application form supplied by NHS England. Decision Summaries which are the formal decisions of the Chemotherapy Clinical Reference Group are published. [5] Avastin is the most frequently requested treatment. Kadcyla is the most expensive drug funded.
After a secret discount was agreed by Roche the Cancer Drugs Fund will continue to fund it. [27] In June 2017, the NHS Confederation and NHS Chief Executive Simon Stevens announced that the NHS would be offering trastuzumab emtansine to a limited number of women after striking a deal with Roche on the price. [30]
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, established 1 November 1991 as Airedale NHS Trust, [2] authorised as a foundation trust on 1 June 2010. [3]Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, established 21 December 1990 as Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital and Community Services NHS Trust, [4] changed its name to The Royal Liverpool Children's National Health Service Trust on 15 March 1996, [5 ...
It is managed by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, which as of 2024 had a turnover of £472 million and around 3,500 staff, [1] and its work is also supported by The Christie Charity. The hospital was established in 1890 as the Cancer Pavilion and Home for Incurables by a committee under the chairmanship of Richard Christie .
Cryoimmunotherapy, also referred to as cryoimmunology, is an oncological treatment for various cancers that combines cryoablation of tumor with immunotherapy treatment. [1] In-vivo cryoablation of a tumor, alone, can induce an immunostimulatory, systemic anti-tumor response, resulting in a cancer vaccine—the abscopal effect . [ 2 ]
The centre achieved NHS Trust status in 1992, and NHS Foundation Trust status in 2009. [3] In 2014 the Walton Centre became the first hospital in the UK to virtually open its doors to Google Street view to the main clinical areas. [4] It was announced, on 4 October 2022, that the centre had achieved the status of a university hospital. [5]
The Department of Health claims stated that by concentrating on a set type of procedures they are able to streamline the patient care pathway, [5] resulting in an improved patient experience [6] and help the NHS to quickly meet waiting time targets; [7] however, the majority of independent research conducted to date has contradicted these claims.