{"id":815,"date":"2018-08-10T00:42:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T00:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/34884743a225f0cf9229a5a69511d7c8-15412.sites.k-hosting.co.uk\/?p=815"},"modified":"2018-08-10T00:42:49","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T00:42:49","slug":"nhs-misses-cancer-treatment-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/?p=815","title":{"rendered":"NHS Misses Cancer Treatment Targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In treating cancer successfully time is a vital factor. We know that in the UK late presentation is a significant problem, with patients delaying consulting a GP and reporting to A&amp;E with advanced cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The NHS faces massive challenges at the moment with both funding and recruitment which make it difficult to meet its targets.\u00a0 Recent statistics indicate growing problems in cancer treatment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2018\/aug\/09\/thousands-of-cancer-patients-face-nhs-treatment-delays\" target=\"_blank\">Click for Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Patient groups can help encourage early presentation by raising awareness and supporting local\u00a0<strong>Be Cancer Aware<\/strong> campaigns<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In treating cancer successfully time is a vital factor. We know that in the UK late presentation is a significant problem, with patients delaying consulting a GP and reporting to A&amp;E with advanced cancer. The NHS faces massive challenges at the moment with both funding and recruitment which make it difficult to meet its targets.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/?p=815\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NHS Misses Cancer Treatment Targets<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":816,"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815\/revisions\/816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnchelp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}