MP says at risk patients should contact their GP John Baron MP has urged those in Basildon and Billericay who are at risk of developing serious health problems if they catch flu to get their free NHS vaccination before the cold weather bites. The MP’s call comes as it emerged that 199,044 people missed...
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John Baron MP presses new Secretary of State over inconvenient truth over process targets
MP highlights need to adopt cancer outcome indicators At Health Questions in the House of Commons today, John Baron MP pressed the Cancer Minister, Steve Brine MP, about the need to embrace outcome indicators, such as the one-year survival rate, as a means of catching up with international average cancer survival rates. In the...
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John Baron MP criticises ‘process targets’ in NHS cancer debate
MP seeks clarification from Minister over funding release Yesterday afternoon, John Baron MP led a Westminster Hall debate into NHS cancer targets. As Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer (APPGC), John has worked to persuade the NHS to focus more on outcomes, such as one-year survival rates in order to encourage earlier...
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John Baron MP reminds Prime Minister of cancer funding blockage
MP secures further meeting with Prime Minister if needed This afternoon at Prime Minister’s Questions, John Baron MP again asked the Prime Minister about the release of the £200 million of transformation funding from NHS England, intended to help Cancer Alliances at the front-line of cancer services, which in many cases is still being...
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John Baron MP has positive meeting with Prime Minister to discusses front-line cancer funding
MP urges release of transformation funding from NHS England This afternoon John Baron MP met the Prime Minister to discuss the findings of the latest report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer (APPGC), following his PMQ on 6th December. In particular, the report recommended that the release of the £200 million of transformation...
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John Baron MP: Prime Minister agrees to meet over All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer report
MP says transitional funding needs to be released to frontline cancer services Today at Prime Minister’s Questions, John Baron MP raised an important finding of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer’s (APPGC) new report on progress half-way through the England Cancer Strategy, which was launched yesterday at the APPGC’s annual ‘Britain Against Cancer’ conference....
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer report warns Cancer Strategy risks failure
APPGC says NHS England should take corrective action immediately Today at its annual ‘Britain Against Cancer’ conference in Westminster, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer (APPGC) launches its report into progress half-way through the England Cancer Strategy (2015-2020). Having received extensive evidence from across the NHS and sector, including over 80 written submissions and...
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John Baron MP visits world-class research institute with Cancer Research UK
MP says UK fortunate to host the Francis Crick Institute Last week, John Baron MP met scientists at the Francis Crick Institute in London to learn about their ground-breaking work into cancer. The Institute is one of the world’s largest single-site biomedical research facilities, capable of shaping the future of global health. A partnership...
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer (APPGC) launches new inquiry into the England Cancer Strategy
At its annual Parliamentary Summer Reception today, in addition to recognising those 20 CCGs which have most improved their one-year cancer survival rates over the last year, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer is launching a second inquiry into NHS England’s Cancer Strategy. As we near the half way point from the publication of...
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John Baron: MPs and cancer charity Chief Executives send letter to all CCGs regarding earlier diagnosis
40 cancer charities join Parliamentarians to raise awareness of the importance of improving local one-year survival rates We know that the best way to improve survival rates is to diagnose cancer earlier. We can measure the NHS’ performance at detecting cancer early by looking at how many people survive for over one year following...
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