8 October 2018

Evaluation of the NHS National Cancer Vanguard

Evaluation of the NHS National Cancer Vanguard: Year 1 report
Cancer Vanguard 8 October 2018
  • The Cancer Vanguard was established to pilot and roll out new models of care that would provide innovative high quality cancer care across the whole patient pathway. The Vanguard as a formal collaboration ended at the end of March 2018.
  • The evaluation identified the following key partner-level conditions for success:
    • Strong local leadership for cancer transformation at programme level
    • High-performing teams of project and change managers
    • Openness to collaborate across organisational boundaries
    • Collaborative working with patients and patient representatives
    • A climate of research collaboration
    • A strong network of collaboration with cancer charities
  • As well as the full report and Executive Summary, an illustration explaining the Cancer Vanguard and the findings of the evaluation are available.