About cancer
Find out what we are doing to improve cancer services in England.
Find out what we are doing to improve cancer services in England.
We will significantly reduce the 40% of cancers caused by behavioural, lifestyle and environmental factors.
Earlier diagnosis makes it more likely that patients will receive treatments that can cure cancer. It saves lives.
We are improving patient experience and putting it on an equal footing with other clinical outcomes.
We will support people affected by cancer to live healthy and happy lives.
People affected by cancer and clinical leaders will be in the driving seat for improving quality.
Cally Palmer, NHS England’s National Cancer Director shares her thoughts on the NHS Long Term Plan and what it means for cancer.
Cally gives an overview of cancer screening programmes, the new 28-day faster diagnosis standard and the care and treatment options available. Cally also talks about the Targeted Lung Health Checks programme, one of the first programmes to roll out of the Long Term Plan.
Watch this short video which shows how we are investing in radiotherapy to fight cancer.
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.
The NHS has the opportunity to upgrade cancer screening to save thousands more lives each year, a major report said today. Leading expert Professor Sir Mike Richards was jointly commissioned by NHS chief executive Simon Stevens and Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock to make recommendations on overhauling national screening programmes, as part of […]