| Dear Supporter, Welcome to the January 2022, CRUK Early Diagnosis newsletter. We hope you were able to have a lovely break. Were glad to be back and are as committed as ever to driving improvements for people affected by cancer, particularly through optimising cancer diagnosis. Thank you to all of you for continuing to be part of this community, driving change and making a difference. We were delighted by how many of you registered for our last ED research virtual series session on Inequalities in the Early Diagnosis of Cancer, which took place last November. This year, to continue the success of our virtual events we plan to hold the first smaller Spotlight session in February, as well as further events later in the year. Find out more later in the newsletter. As its the new year, it feels like a good time to share a link to our CRUK Cancer Awareness Month Calendar, capturing awareness days/weeks/months across a range of cancers, to help you plan your awareness activity for 2022. Its also a good time to reach out to you for your thoughts and opinions on our newsletter, to help us shape and improve what we offer in the future. We would be very grateful if you could please take a few moments to fill in our feedback form linked at the bottom of this newsletter. Stay safe and thank you for reading.
Best wishes, Dr Jodie Moffat and the Strategic Evidence team
Policy, Information and Communications Directorate at Cancer Research UK |
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| | Comprehensive Spending Review The Comprehensive Spending Review was a key moment in the Parliamentary calendar in October, with several Cancer Research UK campaigns focusing on how the Government could use this moment to boost early diagnosis and give people the best chance possible for a good cancer outcome. The news that 2.3 billion in additional capital funding will be provided for diagnostic services to establish at least 100 community diagnostic centres in England was welcomed as a major boost to early diagnosis efforts. However, those centres, like most cancer services, need the workforce to match, which was the focus of our #CancerWontWaitcampaign. It emerged that hundreds of millions in additional funding will go to building a bigger, better trained NHS workforce, but the exact details of what this means are still being hashed out in Government departments. We will be seeking clarity on this to ensure investment supports growth in key cancer and diagnostic professions. |
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Northern Ireland - Key things to know about FIT With the recent introduction in Northern Ireland of FIT into the bowel cancer screening programme, and the wider use of FIT in symptomatic patients, it is important that Health Professionals understand the key differences between the two different uses. Cancer Research UK in collaboration with the Northern Ireland Cancer Network (NICaN) and Public Health Agency (PHA), have developed a useful infographic to highlight the different uses of FIT. This builds on previous versions of the infographic developed for other UK nations which you can also find below. |
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| Reducing inequalities in cancer screening Cancer Research UK are passionate about supporting health professionals and systems to reduce inequalities in cancer screening. To help with this we have updated our UK wide resource aimed at primary care to help them address inequalities, as well as signposting to further resources and information. You can find the resource and more information below. Let us know what you think by emailing earlydiagnosis@cancer.org.uk |
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Education and E-learning Offers |
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| | | Register to join our free Cancer Research UK supported NB Medical webinar on Cancer Health Inequalities, taking place live on Tuesday 18th January 2022 8pm-9pm |
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| | | Register for Gateway C free e-learning modules here supported by Cancer Research UK |
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Cancer Early Diagnosis Charity Coalition (CEDCC) The Cancer Early Diagnosis Charity Coalition (CEDCC) continues to grow from strength to strength with eight more cancer charities joining the coalition at the last meeting in November. The Coalition, formed in 2019, aims to identify opportunities to work together to reduce the burden of late-stage/advanced cancer through research, intelligence, influencing and activity. As we move into 2022 and finalise our non-cancer specific patient resource intended to support and optimise conversations with health professionals, we will be identifying our next shared priority and working collaboratively to reduce the burden of late-stage/advanced cancer. We are also in the process of creating a dedicated webpage to showcase the work of the CEDCC. Look out for more information in the next Early Diagnosis Newsletter.
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CRUK Early Diagnosis Research Virtual Events & New Spotlight Sessions for 2022 In November we held our Early Diagnosis Research Virtual Session Autumn 2021 Inequalities in the Early Diagnosis of Cancer which was hugely successful with over 900 delegates registering for the session. During the afternoon, our speakers delivered thought-provoking and engaging presentations, bringing a range of different perspectives. Unfortunately, only those who registered can view the recording, so if you didnt, be sure to register for our future events. Spotlight Session We are delighted to confirm that we are planning more sessions for May and November 2022, in addition the first of our Spotlight sessions which will happen on 9th February and focus on the Cancer Awareness Measure September 2021 results. More information about CAM below: In September 2021, the Cancer Awareness Measure (CAM) collected data on 2,446 UK adults attitudes, awareness and behaviours across key topics in cancer screening, prevention and early diagnosis using YouGovs online panels.
At the Spotlight session youll get to hear a readout of the findings from Dr Vicky Whitelock in CRUK's Cancer Intelligence team. In the meantime, heres a taster:
- In the last 6 months 46% had experienced a potential cancer symptom*
- Just over half of those who experienced a potential cancer symptom contacted their GP within 6 months (55%)**. This compares with 54% when asked in Aug/September 2020 (Quinn-Scoggins, 2021)
- Men and young people were more likely to not contact their GP about a potential cancer symptom.
- Almost a third blamed an existing physical health problem for their symptom (29%). More than 1 in 10 blamed COVID-19, and only 7% thought it could be cancer** *sample size =2446; ** sample size = 1159 For further information about the data please contact CAM@cancer.org.uk and to register for the spotlight CAM session click below.
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Thank you for reading our Early Diagnosis Newsletter. To help us improve please tell us what you think using the feedback form here |
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| | | The Strategic Evidence Team |
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| Further COVID-19 resources for health professionals including the latest Urological Key Messages and video from one of our CRUK GP's can be found here. |
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| Contact the Strategic Evidence team here |
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