Originally posted by BlasterBates
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Strange we aren't in the top 10 for efficiency(Bloomberg) or Best in Europe (EHCI).
Or we could just read world expert opinions from people who tend to be objective, no armchair required. As always is the issue are not with the troops but the generals or battleplan. We for instance are 10% behind on cancer survival rates. It is not funding or nurse effort causing that. As always you have to look at the underlying causes. If we carry on saying we can't change the NHS it will just get bigger and more unwieldy.
Cancer survival rates | The Nuffield Trust
International trends in five-year cervical cancer survival show more variation between countries over time than for five-year breast cancer survival. While survival has been improving in the UK, the country is still one of the worst performers compared to other OECD countries, with a five-year survival of only 63.8% in 2010-2014. This is despite relatively high cervical cancer screening coverage. In comparison, survival in Denmark in the same time period was 69.5% while survival in Japan reached 71.4%.
While the five-year colon cancer survival rate in the UK has been increasing over time, in 2010-2014 survival reached only 60%. This is the lowest five-year survival rate out of the 18 OECD countries that we included. Over the same time period in Australia it was as high as 70.6%, and Belgium reached a five-year colon cancer survival rate of 67.9%.
But lets try the world renowned experts.
Measuring up: how does the UK compare internationally on cancer survival? - Cancer Research UK - Science blog
But when looking at survival as a whole, it’s useful to consider where we started. In 1995, the UK had some of the lowest survival estimates of the seven countries studied. This means that even though we have made improvements in certain cancers, we’re starting from a lower baseline. Which makes it that much harder for us to catch up with the countries who have higher survival.And it’s where comparing our progress to other countries can help.
What can we learn from other countries?
Denmark was in a similar place to the UK with their survival in 1995. But as Jesper Fisker, chief executive officer of the Danish Cancer Society, told us “There’s been great progress in Danish cancer survival – which is the result of massive efforts and investments in the cancer field over the past 20 years”.
They’ve also made major strides towards centralising their cancer services, meaning cancer patients are treated in fewer, more specialised centres, with the best clinicians for their cancer type.
And it’s paid off – Denmark has seen real improvements in cancer survival – such as increasing their 1-year survival of lung cancer from 27.5% to 46.2% (from 1995-1999 to 2010-2014). The UK has made similar efforts to improve cancer services, with some success, but much more needs to be done.
What can we learn from other countries?
Denmark was in a similar place to the UK with their survival in 1995. But as Jesper Fisker, chief executive officer of the Danish Cancer Society, told us “There’s been great progress in Danish cancer survival – which is the result of massive efforts and investments in the cancer field over the past 20 years”.
They’ve also made major strides towards centralising their cancer services, meaning cancer patients are treated in fewer, more specialised centres, with the best clinicians for their cancer type.
And it’s paid off – Denmark has seen real improvements in cancer survival – such as increasing their 1-year survival of lung cancer from 27.5% to 46.2% (from 1995-1999 to 2010-2014). The UK has made similar efforts to improve cancer services, with some success, but much more needs to be done.
Some of my experiences in hospital if they had happened in private industry people would be fired or jailed.
If Boris or Sir Keir fancy doing something useful lets set a target to beat all the OECD 18's survival rates by the next election!
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