New research has uncovered a concerning gap in the time taken to diagnose myeloma between ethnic groups, with black people experiencing longer waits for a diagnosis than white people. The study showed that black patients diagnosed with myeloma had a median wait time of over one month longer than white people.
We are pleased to report that Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Ipswich Hospital, Belfast City Hospital, The Christie Hospital, HCA UK at University College Hospital, Southmead Hospital, Colchester Hospital and Freeman Hospital have all received Myeloma UK’s Clinical Service Excellence Programme (CSEP) award. Each hospital demonstrated excellent clinical practice with notable highlights.
Myeloma UK presented a poster at the 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Society for Haematology 2022.
The poster summarised data collected from patient surveys as part of the Clinical Service Excellence Programme (CSEP) accreditation process. Read more to learn what patients would change if they could change one thing about their myeloma treatment and care.
The University of Oxford is looking for MGUS (monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance), smouldering myeloma and Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia patients to join the OxPLoreD study.
