MP urges more people to put aside their embarrassment As Chairman of the APPG on Cancer, John Baron MP yesterday hosted and spoke at Beating Bowel Cancer’s annual reception in Parliament. The reception highlighted Beating Bowel Cancer’s 1,2,3 campaign which aims to increase the number of people taking part in the bowel cancer...
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MP highlights need to improve cancer survival rates through earlier diagnosis This morning, The Rt. Hon. Andrew Lansley MP, Secretary of State for Health, formally launched ‘Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer”, which outlines the Coalition Government’s plans to deliver health outcomes for cancer patients that are among the best in the world...
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Secretary of State for Health, his opposite number and the Cancer Tsar give keynote speeches Today, the annual Britain Against Cancer Conference was held at Westminster House, next door to Parliament. The conference is organised by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer and brings together key stakeholders across the NHS, including...
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Cancer patients will now be treated like patients with long term conditions In Health Questions today in the House of Commons, John Baron MP pressed the Government to ensure cancer patients were offered care plans to improve their understanding and experience of the treatment they received. Care plans are formulated with the patient,...
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MP welcomes increased focus on outcomes and raises questions over GP commissioning Today in the House of Commons during a Debate on the Government’s proposals for the NHS, John Baron MP welcomed the Government’s White Paper ‘Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS’ which proposes that the NHS focuses more on measuring outcomes and...
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During health Question in the House of Commons, John Baron MP, Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer, asked the Government to give assurances that its health reforms will improve treatment for patients suffering from rarer cancers. John asked: “The All-Party Cancer group’s report last year found that those with rarer cancers...
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Wednesday evening, John Baron MP as Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer hosted and spoke at Cancer Research UK’s Parliamentary reception which highlighted the importance of spotting cancer early. The reception was attended by senior figures from CRUK, The Department of Health, other charities as well as Parliamentarians. Also speaking was...
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John Baron MP recently hosted national charity Bowel Cancer UK’s “Drop In” parliamentary event at Portcullis House, Westminster. The event was an opportunity for MPs to get detailed information on bowel cancer relating to their particular constituency and was presented to them in the form of a Constituency Toolkit. 829 people are diagnosed with...
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John Baron MP is joining forces with Breast Cancer Campaign to raise awareness of its award winning fundraising event, wear it pink day to fund, supported by Vanish. On Friday 29th October 2010 supporters in schools, colleges and businesses throughout the country are encouraged to don an item of pink in support of the...
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MP highlights importance of Government announcement Today the Secretary of State for Health announced that the Government will be introducing a new £50m Cancer Drugs Fund in order to help cancer patients get greater access to appropriate treatments. This will be available from October this year, and will be in addition to the £200m...
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