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Commissioning Cancer Drugs and Services: Shared Strategies For A Common Goal
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Commissioning cancer drugs and services: shared strategies for a common goal
In the previous issue of Cancer Services Forum, the Cancer Reform Strategy was outlined and then commented upon by Mr Dominic Conlin, from a commissioner’s perspective, and Dr Alison Jones, from a clinician’s perspective, thereby providing a summary of the topics discussed at the morning session of the London Cancer New Drugs Group (LCNDG) meeting that took place earlier this year. To view that issue, please click here.
In this issue of Cancer Services Forum, commissioning of cancer drugs is explored in more detail, specifically with respect to prioritisation of new treatments from a public, ethical and legal perspective. This focus reflects the afternoon session of the LCNDG conference.
Contributors to this issue are:
- Jonathan Nicholls (Research Director, Ipsos MORI), who comments on engaging the public in healthcare prioritisation
- Abbie Pound (on behalf of Moira Davison, Network Director of the North of England Cancer Network), who gives a brief case study of NECDAG
- Alastair Whitington (Director, South East London Cancer Network), who provides an overview of mechanisms of prioritisation in London and Hertfordshire
There is no doubt that this year’s LCNDG meeting was well received by the delegates, whose feedback highlights particularly the store placed in the opportunity offered by the event to share experiences and discuss developments with colleagues from across the UK. Indeed, from the melange of commissioners, including almost 100 representatives from primary care organisations (PCO), many pertinent points and pointed questions were raised.
If you have a point to make or a question to ask, on any aspect of cancer services provision, please write to Abbie Pound, Editor, Cancer Services Forum. Letters should be no more than 150 words and submitted to csf@succinctcomms.com. Letters received will be considered for publication in a future issue of Cancer Services Forum.
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