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[VANIT...@aol.com]

Hi all,

 

Hope everyone is getting into Christmas season with good cheer. In the last meeting we discussed the new NICE guidelines on cancer referrals. I am attaching the presentation, have a look and be we will discuss them again when we meet in January. There are few new criteria, some are not clear, so a discussion would be useful.

 

Kindly mail your feedback about your views on these guidelines and share in our next meeting. We plan to meet in the second week of January. Please let me know what days are suitable for you all to attend, 13th Wednesday  or 15 th Friday January, 2016. will book it when more of us can attend.

 

 

[Helen Marie Walters]

Thanks Vanitha. Your summary slides of the guidelines are clear, concise and easy to follow. These will be really helpful to me returning to work

In January. 

Interesting to see:-

1. The non urgent referrals for GI -what do they mean by non urgent? Haematemesis, low Hb and vomiting and weight loss non urgents seem more urgent than a routine 26 week wait? 

2. Referral criteria for referring directly for CT if suspecting pancreatic cancer.

3. Faecal occult blood testing now recommended for certain groups. Lots of various age cuts offs in these guidelines.

4. Endometrial ca - referral for uss - Unexplained vaginal discharge and thrombocytosis or high glc or visible haematuria new to me. 

5. Refer men with PSA above age specific range - could mean a lot of referrals. Monitoring a lot of them in some practices. 

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