Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2021 focusses on binge eating disorder

This week, 1st to 7th March is Eating Disorders Awareness Week.   This year, focus is on an often-misunderstood illness that 1 in 50 of us will experience in our lilfetime, binge eating disorder. Find out more here  and watch this short video   

Early diagnosis programme publishes reports and updates

Accelerate, Co-ordinate and Evaluate (ACE) is an exciting early diagnosis programme that supports the NHS outcome of ‘preventing people from dying prematurely’.  ​This unique initiative is supported by Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support and is running across England for 3 years.   The first of the final ACE reports looking at lung cancer diagnostic pathways was published in March, followed by a report looking at the best routes to diagnosis for patients with vague symptoms. Hot off the press are new reports which have now been published around:   Using cancer decision support tools to support early diagnosis of cancer The role of non-GP primary care in the early diagnosis of cancer   Alongside these, is a paper anticipating the challenges of change within the NHS and an update on the 5 multidisciplinary diagnostic centre projects. Click here to find out more. 

PHE Cancer Data & Outcomes Conference

Don't miss this years’ Public Health England Cancer Data and Outcomes Conference which is being held on Tuesday 13th and Wednesday 14th June, in Manchester.  The conference will explore how data is being used across the patient pathway, from prevention, early diagnosis and treatment through to patient experience, quality of life and patient outcomes.   The full conference programme, with confirmed speakers and parallel sessions, is available on the conference website along with details of how to register.  Click here for more details.