Health Foundation November 2018
- This report offers an account of what has changed since 1995 in cancer services in England and explores what factors might have contributed to success and failure in how cancer services developed
- It finds that while progress has been made on reducing mortality, and improving the chances of survival and the experience of care, for people in England diagnosed with cancer, the gap in survival rates has not been closed.
- The report sets out recommendations to help bring about radical improvements in early diagnosis and detection of cancer, such as increasing investment in diagnostic equipment, building public understanding of cancer symptoms, improving resourcing of primary care, greater support for GPs to refer more patients and supporting collaboration across primary and secondary care.
