BTA Lobbying Subject List
BTA’s lobbying Alerts will cover the following subjects, agreed at a meeting of the Brain Tumour Research umbrella group in November 2009:
- More Neuro-oncology Staff at hospitals nationwide
- Continuity of Care from diagnosis onwards
- Post Treatment care improved and expanded nationwide
- More funding for training specialist doctors nationwide
- Regional centres – more research centres across the UK
- GP – assistance with early diagnosis of tumours
- Opticians – assistance with early diagnosis of tumours
- Research funding – MRC/government money hugely increased
- More scanners in hospitals and medical centres nationwide
- Access to new drugs at the earliest possible moment
- Proton therapy : not available in UK/how, when & where/postcode lottery/impact on research funding
- Standard of care across all disciplines not consistent:Â treatment/ after care
- IOG (Improving Outcomes Guidance) – implementation
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January 4, 2010
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