NHS England

Achieving world-class cancer outcomes

NHS England’s National Cancer Programme Progress Report (2016-17) shows that the NHS is on track to transform cancer services by 2020/21.

Significant and rapid progress has been made including £130m investment over 2016/18 in new and upgraded radiotherapy equipment and £200m over two years to accelerate rapid diagnosis and enhance patients’ quality of life.

This includes among others: modernisation of radiotherapy equipment; new models of care ensuring cancer is diagnosed earlier; Cancer Alliances better coordinating care; support for survivors through a Recovery Package and quality of life metric, and five pilot sites testing a 28 day faster diagnosis standard.

News and blogs

Learning from those we care for

10 November 2017

Navina Evans

Patient safety

One of the first female ethnic minority chief executives in the NHS examines why medical professionals, as authority figures, need to be open to patient feedback to ensure the safety and improvement of prescribed medicines: I was recently listening to the radio while driving on the motorway in the rain. I find these are conditions […]