NHS England Board meeting, 26 September 2018
- Update on progress on implementation of the Cancer Taskforce strategy Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes: A Strategy for the NHS 2015-2020 and the development of the cancer strategy in the long-term plan. Including:
- Investment through Cancer Alliances in 17/18 and 18/19 to transform diagnostic services and care during and after treatment
- Radiotherapy upgrade programme
- Data and information from across the cancer pathway – including screening, diagnosis, treatment and patient experience – is being presented in a single dashboard to Cancer Alliances by a new Cancer Alliance Data, Evidence and Analysis Service (CADEAS). (See presentation here.)
- New performance standard - Faster Diagnosis Standard (cancer diagnosis or an ‘all clear’ within 28 days of urgent GP referral) being rolled out
- Timed pathways for three key cancer types – colorectal, prostate and lung cancer
- Ten multidisciplinary rapid diagnostic and assessment centres set up to test new ways of working and to establish the evidence of what works to speed up cancer diagnosis
- The 100,000 Genomes Project has developed an exemplar cancer pathway to maximise the quality of material available for molecular diagnostics.
- Cancer Workforce Plan (HEE December 2017)
- Operational support - the impact of push to earlier diagnosis, has resulted in increased referrals. Actions are being put in place around closer operational oversight, targeted improvement support and prioritise system transformation to support delivery. Specific support to manage the spike in urology referrals.
- Work to reduce health inequalities
