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Monday, 17 December 2007
Stoate questions Health Minister regarding prostate cancer
Dr. Stoate: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to improve the effectiveness of multi disciplinary teams working in the field of prostate cancer; and if he will make a statement.

Ann Keen: In 2002, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence published ‘Improving Outcomes in Urological Cancers'.

This guidance sets out recommendations on how services for patients with urological cancers, including prostate cancer, should be organised in order to ensure the best outcomes. In particular, the guidance set outs recommendations on the organisation and membership of urological cancer multi-disciplinary teams (MDT).

Strategic health authorities have submitted action plans to demonstrate how they will implement this guidance. The Department and the Healthcare Commission monitor progress against these plans.

The National Cancer Action Team has also funded Leeds teaching hospitals NHS trust to develop and run a pilot programme to enhance MDT working and improve the quality of surgical techniques available to prostate cancer patients.
 
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