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Multi-cancer detection and NHS HIT Lists

Aug 14, 202426 minEp. 18
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This week we're questioning the effectiveness of the Galleri Test for early cancer detection with investigation authors Margaret McCartney and Deborah Cohen. They delve into the decision-making and politics behind this test's introduction in the UK.

The episode also covers the growing NHS waiting list crisis and how Imran Ahmed and his team at Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Trust are using high intensity theatre (HIT) lists to increase surgical throughput - and what other teams need to know, if a national rollout of this model is to happen.

Reading list

Galleri promises to detect multiple cancers—but new evidence casts doubt on this much hyped blood test

Are surgical HIT lists the answer to bringing down NHS waiting times?

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