The 2023 Under 16 Cancer Patient Experience Survey (U16 CPES) is the fourth iteration of an annual national survey to measure children’s cancer and tumour care provided by the NHS in England.

The 2023 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 2023. 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 2023 survey were published on 14 November 2024 on the U16 CPES website. This includes:

• Technical reports: including the national quantitative report, national and PTC data tables, individual PTC reports and a national qualitative report.
• Visual summaries: giving a visual overview of the latest results.

The interactive dashboard will be published at a later date.

Pre-release access list

24 hour pre-release access list for the 2023 results of the Under 16 Cancer Patient Experience Survey.

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.