Family carers and healthcare staff said that hospital admission for patients near the end of their lives became necessary because of insufficient nursing and support at home, in a newly published study from the Cambridge Palliative and End of Life Care Group at the Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge. The study was carried out […]
Which cancer diagnostic tests will work best in primary care? New CanTest Framework published today will help provide answers
The CanTest Framework, which provides a conceptual approach for the evaluation of cancer diagnostic tests from development to routine use in primary care, has been published today in BMC Cancer. Developed by the CanTest Senior Faculty team, this new framework addresses some key aspects missing from previous approaches. It incorporates a shift in focus away […]
Tell Me Where it Hurts: Dr Jenni Burt joins BBC panel on doctor/patient relationships
Blog by Dr Jenni Burt, Senior Social Scientist at THIS Institute With an estimated 340 million or so GP consultations per year in England, it’s amazing that what actually happens within consultations – and the challenges GPs and patients face before, during and after these encounters – doesn’t get that much public attention. So it […]
Pushing forward on primary care cancer diagnosis: the CanTest Collaborative two years on
Blog by Dr Valerie Sills, Programme Manager for the CRUK-funded CanTest Programme. The CanTest programme supports research, capacity building and collaboration in the field of early detection and diagnosis of cancer in primary care. CanTest was announced by Cancer Research UK as the winner of the first ever Catalyst Award in January 2017, so the […]
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