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A PROJECT that has helped to reduce waiting times for patients with suspected cancer has been recognised at a prestigious national awards ceremony. Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance was Highly Commended for Driving Efficiency through Technology at the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards for its work on Single Queue Diagnostics in Cancer. The HSJ Awards celebrate the achievements of dedicated teams and individuals from the UK’s health and social care sector The Single Queue Diagnostics Pathway is a new service for people that need specialist tests to help find out what's going on with their health. For [...]

When Dr. Farida Anderson volunteered as an NHS Cancer Voices patient representative with Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance, she thought it would be a chance to help other patients like her. The 61-year-old, from Prestwich, has been able to share her experience of what it is like to go through breast cancer with healthcare professionals so that they can make improvements to services. Farida is the face of a new campaign to encourage more people affected by cancer to volunteer as patient or carer representatives But she also found signing up as a patient representative has [...]

More than 700 people in Greater Manchester - have been diagnosed with lung cancer earlier thanks to an innovative NHS initiative, which uses mobile scanning trucks to visit local communities. The NHS Targeted Lung Health Check programme is the biggest initiative in NHS history aimed at improving early lung cancer diagnosis, and is specifically targeted at areas of the country with the highest rates of lung cancer. Dr Haval Balata, Consultant Respiratory Physician at Wythenshawe Hospital and Responsible Clinician for the Greater Manchester Targeted Lung Health Check Programme stands in front of the Targeted Lung Health Check [...]

Hospitals in Greater Manchester are to begin using an new AI (artificial intelligence) technology which will help doctors to detect diseases, including lung cancer, quicker.  The new technology will be rolled out at seven NHS Trusts across the region over the next few months as part of a partnership between Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance, Greater Manchester Imaging Network and global health tech firm Annalise.ai.  PHOTO SHOWS: Annalise AI Chest X-ray solution detecting potential lung cancer findings. The technology has now gone live at Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Manchester NHS Foundation Trust [...]

A mum-of-two from Old Trafford wants everyone to know how to spot potential signs of breast cancer and to get help early. Michelle Griffith who has had breast cancer is sharing her experience to help breakdown taboos and get more people to go and get help if they are worried. The single mum, who has two grown up graduate daughters Kaziah, 31, and O’Cian, 27, was diagnosed with a very early form of breast cancer known as ductal cell carcinoma in situ in January 2017 when she was 44. Artist Michelle Griffith, a former breast cancer [...]

To mark National Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Day 2024 (Monday 14 October 2024), Nicola Williams shares how she became a paediatric dietician working at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. How did you become a paediatric dietician? Initially I went to university to do Biological Sciences in Sheffield inspired by my favourite A level subject of biology. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to be at the time other than likely to do something with children and vaguely medical. During my course I chose to do a module in nutrition and only then learnt dietitians existed! I thought this [...]