The 2024 Under 16 Cancer Patient Experience Survey (U16 CPES) is the fifth iteration of an annual national survey to measure children’s cancer and tumour care provided by the NHS in England.

The 2024 survey was carried out by Picker Institute Europe on behalf of NHS England. The survey captures the experiences of children who were aged 8 and above at the start of the fieldwork period, but under 16 at the time of their care or discharge, and the parents and carers of children who were aged under 16 at the time of their care or discharge.

Questions were asked about the child’s care during 2024. There were three versions of the questionnaire, depending on the patient’s age immediately prior to fieldwork:

• 0-7 questionnaire – for completion by parents/carers of children aged 0-7.
• 8-11 questionnaire – with sections for the child and the parent/carer to complete.
• 12-15 questionnaire – with sections for the child/young person and the parent/carer to complete.

Latest publication

The results for the 2024 survey were published on 6 November 2025 on the U16 CPES website. This includes:

• National reports: including the national quantitative report, national qualitative report and national data tables
• PTC reports: including PTC data tables and individual PTC reports
• Interactive dashboard: allowing you to explore results from the survey
• Visual summaries: giving a visual overview of the latest results.

Pre-release access list

For details of stakeholders who had pre-release access list to the 2024 results, please see the 24-hour pre-release access list.

Previous publications

Previous results are published on the U16 CPES website.

Contact us

For further information about these published statistics, please contact: england.insight-queries@nhs.net.