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BBC News
25-03-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Vulnerable residents urged to book Covid spring booster
Eligible people in Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Peterborough are being urged to book their Covid-19 spring residents aged 75 and over will be offered the jab from NHS will contact people who are eligible for the booster to encourage them to book an will be available at select community pharmacies and GP surgeries and can be booked online, or by calling 119. NHS England said an average of 100 hospital beds were taken up each day by patients by Covid-19 across the Makewell, integrated vaccination service lead at NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, said: "The spring booster is really important as Covid-19 is still around and being spread. "This booster vaccine will help to top-up the immunity of our friends, family and community members who are most at risk of becoming seriously poorly from Covid-19 this spring and summer."We know that vaccinations continue to be our best form of protection against severe Covid-19 symptoms and indeed hospitalisation. So I would encourage anybody who does receive an invitation to have a spring booster, to take up the offer." Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Hopes NHS lung cancer screening will save lives
Thousands of smokers and ex-smokers will be invited for free NHS lung cancer screening to help detect the disease early. The new service will start in Peterborough and Huntingdon within the next few weeks, with people at higher risk of lung cancer getting a letter inviting them to book a screening appointment. They will first be assessed by a nurse on the phone and - if considered at risk - will be offered a follow-up scan on a mobile unit. Dr Stuti Mukherjee, clinical lead for cancer and diagnostics at NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, said it could "significantly boost" chances of survival. "It will likely provide you with peace of mind, but it could also safe your life," he said. Estimates suggest there are 98,000 people aged 55-74 in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who smoke or have previously smoked. That number is expected to rise to more than 110,000 by 2029. People diagnosed with lung cancer early are nearly 20 times more likely to survive for five years than people whose cancer is caught late. Dr Robert Buttery, consultant respiratory physician at Royal Papworth Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital, said: "Unfortunately, we know that at present most lung cancers are identified at a relatively late stage, when a curative treatment such as surgery or intensive radiotherapy is not possible. "However, CT screening will now pick up lung cancers at a much earlier stage of the disease and we know from extensive trial data that we should be able to offer curative treatments for most of the lung cancer patients we identify through the Lung Cancer Screening programme." As part of the roll-out of the NHS lung cancer screening, everyone eligible for a lung check will be invited by 2029. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. 'Smear test is worth the pain, it saved my life' Cervical screening knowledge gap 'costing lives' Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care System
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Hopes NHS lung cancer screening will save lives
Thousands of smokers and ex-smokers will be invited for free NHS lung cancer screening to help detect the disease early. The new service will start in Peterborough and Huntingdon within the next few weeks, with people at higher risk of lung cancer getting a letter inviting them to book a screening appointment. They will first be assessed by a nurse on the phone and - if considered at risk - will be offered a follow-up scan on a mobile unit. Dr Stuti Mukherjee, clinical lead for cancer and diagnostics at NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, said it could "significantly boost" chances of survival. "It will likely provide you with peace of mind, but it could also safe your life," he said. Estimates suggest there are 98,000 people aged 55-74 in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who smoke or have previously smoked. That number is expected to rise to more than 110,000 by 2029. People diagnosed with lung cancer early are nearly 20 times more likely to survive for five years than people whose cancer is caught late. Dr Robert Buttery, consultant respiratory physician at Royal Papworth Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital, said: "Unfortunately, we know that at present most lung cancers are identified at a relatively late stage, when a curative treatment such as surgery or intensive radiotherapy is not possible. "However, CT screening will now pick up lung cancers at a much earlier stage of the disease and we know from extensive trial data that we should be able to offer curative treatments for most of the lung cancer patients we identify through the Lung Cancer Screening programme." As part of the roll-out of the NHS lung cancer screening, everyone eligible for a lung check will be invited by 2029. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. 'Smear test is worth the pain, it saved my life' Cervical screening knowledge gap 'costing lives' Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care System
BBC News
25-02-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Free NHS lung cancer screenings in Peterborough and Huntingdon
Thousands of smokers and ex-smokers will be invited for free NHS lung cancer screening to help detect the disease new service will start in Peterborough and Huntingdon within the next few weeks, with people at higher risk of lung cancer getting a letter inviting them to book a screening will first be assessed by a nurse on the phone and - if considered at risk - will be offered a follow-up scan on a mobile Stuti Mukherjee, clinical lead for cancer and diagnostics at NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, said it could "significantly boost" chances of survival. "It will likely provide you with peace of mind, but it could also safe your life," he said. 'Peace of mind' Estimates suggest there are 98,000 people aged 55-74 in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who smoke or have previously number is expected to rise to more than 110,000 by diagnosed with lung cancer early are nearly 20 times more likely to survive for five years than people whose cancer is caught Robert Buttery, consultant respiratory physician at Royal Papworth Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital, said: "Unfortunately, we know that at present most lung cancers are identified at a relatively late stage, when a curative treatment such as surgery or intensive radiotherapy is not possible."However, CT screening will now pick up lung cancers at a much earlier stage of the disease and we know from extensive trial data that we should be able to offer curative treatments for most of the lung cancer patients we identify through the Lung Cancer Screening programme."As part of the roll-out of the NHS lung cancer screening, everyone eligible for a lung check will be invited by 2029. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
