Improving cancer care across the region
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Part 1: Detecting cancers earlier
Part 3: Rare cancers and Research
Part 4: Inequalities and Designing cancer care around people’s lives
Detecting cancers earlier
Earlier diagnosis saves lives and improves the quality of life for people living with cancer. Across the NHS, teams are developing innovative ways to increase screening participation, speed up diagnosis and identify cancers at an earlier stage.
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Innovation
Innovation will play a key role in delivering the ambitions of the National Cancer Plan. NHS organisations are already using new technologies, treatments and approaches to improve cancer services and deliver better outcomes for people living with cancer.
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▼ Rollout of a powerful new AI solution across WYAAT
West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (hospitals across West Yorkshire and Harrogate)
WYAAT is leading the national rollout of a powerful new AI chest X-ray solution designed to speed up lung cancer diagnosis and improve patient outcomes.
Developed by Annalise.ai and funded through NHS England’s AI Diagnostics Fund, the software can detect up to 124 potential findings in under a minute, providing clinicians with annotated images to support quicker and more accurate decision-making.
With around 400,000 chest X-rays taken across the YIC trusts each year, the tool acts as a “second pair of eyes,” helping to prioritise urgent cases and enabling earlier intervention for conditions like lung cancer, where early diagnosis increases the five-year survival rate twentyfold.
The system is now live across all of our WYAAT trusts:
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Dr Daniel Fascia, Clinical Lead for YIC, praised the initiative for reducing diagnostic delays and tackling backlogs exacerbated by the pandemic. The deployment is part of a broader transformation of imaging services, with national leaders, including Peter Kyle MP, hailing it as a vital step in harnessing innovation to save lives across the NHS.
Rare cancers & research
Advances in research are improving our understanding of rare and less common cancers, helping to drive better diagnosis, treatment and care. From clinical trials to pioneering new therapies, the NHS is working toward improving outcomes for people affected by rare and less common cancers by 2035.
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Inequalities & designing cancer care around people’s lives
People’s experiences of cancer care can be shaped by where they live, their background and their circumstances. The National Cancer Plan aims to reduce these inequalities and support more personalised care that fits around people’s lives, making services easier to access and use.
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