About cancer
Find out what we are doing to improve cancer services in England.
Prevention and public health
We will significantly reduce the 40% of cancers caused by behavioural, lifestyle and environmental factors.
Earlier diagnosis
Earlier diagnosis makes it more likely that patients will receive treatments that can cure cancer. It saves lives.
Patient experience
We are improving patient experience and putting it on an equal footing with other clinical outcomes.
Living with and beyond cancer
We will support people affected by cancer to live healthy and happy lives.
Commissioning, provision and accountability
People affected by cancer and clinical leaders will be in the driving seat for improving quality.
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Funded by NHS England, University College London Hospitals are one of the first hospitals to receive a new LINAC radiotherapy machine.
In this video, patient Chris Duggan talks about the treatment he is experiencing, and Dr. Yen-Ching Chang describes how this new equipment works.
News and blogs
Cancer screening to be overhauled as part of NHS long term plan to improve care and save lives
Professor Sir Mike Richards will lead a major overhaul of national cancer screening programmes as part of a renewed drive to improve care and save lives, NHS England has today announced. Increasing early detection of cancers when they are easier to treat is at the heart of the NHS’s long term plan to upgrade services […]