Government promises ‘private standard’ of cancer care
February 8th, 2010
Gordon Brown announced today that every cancer patient will get personal care in their home from a nurse, in a bid to meet the public’s expectations for one-to-one, tailored support.
… Although guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) have consistently emphasised the importance of nurse specialists in providing one to one support for cancer patients, figures show significant variation in access. There is one breast care nurse for every 72 breast cancer patients compared to one lung cancer specialist nurse for every 132 lung cancer patients…