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Hospital staff praised for cancer care
STAFF at Chesterfield Royal Hospital have been praised for the high standard of care they offer to men suffering prostate cancer.
The hospital has one of the lowest mortality rates in the country for the disease – just 13 deaths per 100,000 against a national average of 25 – according to results from The Prostate Cancer Charter for Action which analysed data from the Office for National Statistics.
Managers say the hospital's success is due to improvements in treatment, training, and in offering a speedy service to thousands of men who are tested for the disease each year.
Nurses have been trained to carry out certain investigations previously only carried out by doctors, and men attending the clinic and are now offered counselling and tests on the same day.
They get their results back just five days later, instead of having to wait a month as they did previously, leading to a reduction in anxiety and stress.
Nicky James, a nurse consultant in prostate cancer, said: "Men have the same fears as other prospective cancer patients and we wanted the diagnosis process to be on a par with that of, say, breast cancer where one-stop services are normal."
Chief executive Eric Morton said: "The team are an inspiration and anybody referred to us by their GP can rest assured they will receive the best possible care."
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