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Colchester Hospital: NHS England probe finds five cancer areas 'unsafe' | Colchester Hospital: NHS England probe finds five cancer areas 'unsafe' |
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Cancer care at a hospital at the centre of a police inquiry has been found "unsafe". | |
NHS England has reviewed hundreds of cancer cases at Colchester Hospital. | |
The investigation follows a report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which found staff were "pressured or bullied" to change data. | |
NHS England has found five areas - including skin cancer and urology - were unsafe. All cancer cases dating back to April 2010 will be reviewed. | |
Essex Police is currently investigating the CQC's findings. | |
Publishing its report on Thursday, NHS England said it had found problems with five cancer service areas including urology and skin cancers. | |
These problems were found as little as six days ago, it has emerged. | |
An additional 13 cancer patients are to be recalled, NHS England said. | |
'Number of worries' | |
The report said: "A number of serious failings in cancer services organisation management and infrastructure have been identified." | |
This includes "unsafe information" and "unsustainable levels of staffing in key services". | |
It added: "More worryingly the immediate review confirmed the CQC finding that some Trust staff had a lack of confidence that concerns would be listened to." | |
The unsafe cancer services included urology, skin, brain, sarcoma, and radiology. | |
Dr Andrew Pike, Essex director of NHS England said: "We tried to respond to do a rapid but thorough review of services. | |
"A number of worries were found and mitigating actions put in place to address this." | |
The review of cancer was prompted by the CQC after inspectors found staff had been bullied into changing patients' cancer records to meet Government waiting time targets. |