Breast cancer care boost for south Essex

Breast cancer care boost for south Essex

7:00am Sunday 29th July 2012 in News

By Michelle Archard

MORE women will be screened for breast cancer and equipment will be upgraded as part of an investment plan.

NHS South Essex is exploring changes in the way the screening programme is funded, which means Southend Hospital will be paid for every patient seen,
rather than a block payment each year.

The move would mean more cash is potentially pumped into the system, allowing new digital mammography equipment to be installed in two new mobile vans. A third van will be refurbished.

Exact figures have not been confirmed because talks are ongoing. But the changes will provide a clearer picture of numbers being screened and the effectiveness of the programme.

By April 2013, all trusts must offer screening to women aged from 47 to 73, extending from the current 50 to 70 age range. In south Essex that is an additional 12,426 women.

Nicola Nissen, from Westcliff , was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002 but diagnosed again late last year.

She said: "I welcome more and better screening. Both of my cancers have been grade 3 and haven't been detected as not all can be, but I'd always advise women to be screened. I also think they
should be looking at what causes cancer."

The hospital is also running a fundraising campaign, Bosom Pals Appeal On The Road, to raise £500,000 towards the digital equipment, which can detect smaller, early cancer tumours.

Brian Shipley, the hospital's director of finance, said: "The hospital, which runs the NHS breast screening programme across south Essex, has long been working to ensure the implementation of the
age extension programme.

"This has included jointly looking at the way in which the service is commissioned and funded to ensure it meets the needs of the increased numbers of women who will be screened.

"This lengthy piece of work will coincide with the introduction of digital mammography in our mobile units, supported by the, Bosom Pals Appeal On The Road to the same April, 2013, deadline."

The appeal has already funded two digital mammography machines for the breast unit at the hospital.

Comments(1)

Lesley Banks

says…

4:28pm Wed 1 Aug 12

Whilst I welcome the idea of more and early intervention to prevent more deaths from the horrible disease of breast cancer, more money needs to be pumped into preventative measures. After all, how many people know that the BPA found in all plastic bottles mimics estrogen, a cause of both breast and prostate cancer? And that these two cancers are increasing in incidence? Also, will the screening be done in such a way as to not use radiation, another cancer causative? Or are they still using Xrays and telling people to come back in a couple of years for even more cancer causing ‘preventative tests’? And what happens when cancer is found? It is treated with surgery, chemo or radiation, all of which cause the cancer to spread or increase the number of tumours. This industry is a self replicating monster. When tumours are small and not metastising, the most obvious treatment will be the natural ones; GcMAF, vitamin therapy, rife technology, laetrile, nutritional therapy. But if doctors even mention these options, they can be struck off. But it is ok to mention slashing, poisoning and burning (aka surgery, chemo and radiation), after the body has been made ill by ‘preventative tests’. How on Earth did the human population become so blind to the damage done by the medical industry? Comments please…..

Whilst I welcome the idea of more and early intervention to prevent more deaths from the horrible disease of breast cancer, more money needs to be pumped into preventative measures. After all, how many people know that the BPA found in all plastic bottles mimics estrogen, a cause of both breast and prostate cancer? And that these two cancers are increasing in incidence? Also, will the screening be done in such a way as to not use radiation, another cancer causative? Or are they still using Xrays and telling people to come back in a couple of years for even more cancer causing ‘preventative tests’? And what happens when cancer is found? It is treated with surgery, chemo or radiation, all of which cause the cancer to spread or increase the number of tumours. This industry is a self replicating monster. When tumours are small and not metastising, the most obvious treatment will be the natural ones; GcMAF, vitamin therapy, rife technology, laetrile, nutritional therapy. But if doctors even mention these options, they can be struck off. But it is ok to mention slashing, poisoning and burning (aka surgery, chemo and radiation), after the body has been made ill by ‘preventative tests’. How on Earth did the human population become so blind to the damage done by the medical industry? Comments please…..
Lesley Banks

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