HM Gov 10-Year Cancer Plan: Call for Evidence11 Feb 2022 08:42
HM Gov 10-Year Cancer Plan: Call for Evidence
The Long Term Plan
The NHS Long Term Plan was published in January 2019. At the time, cancer survival was at the highest it has been – and thousands more people survive cancer every year. For patients diagnosed in 2018, one year survival was nearly 74% – over 10 percentage points higher than in 2003. Despite this progress, improving cancer survival is still a priority and diagnosing cancer earlier is one of the biggest actions the NHS can take to improve cancer survival. Patients diagnosed early, at stages 1 and 2, have the best chance of curative treatment and long-term survival.
That is why the Long Term Plan set an ambition that, by 2028, the proportion of cancers diagnosed at stages 1 and 2 will rise from around half now to three-quarters of cancer patients…
…We have also prioritised the re-starting of Targeted Lung Health Checks which are now operating in 23 places across the country, with a further 20 places due to join the programme in 2022. These are important building blocks towards meeting the ultimate ambition of 75% diagnosis at stage 1 and 2 by 2028…
Early diagnosis
Early diagnosis needs to continue to be at the heart of our plans for cancer – there is wide agreement that it is through a focus on early diagnosis that we will unlock improvements in survival.
The government and the NHS is committed to increasing the speed at which people receive their cancer diagnosis. Being referred with a cancer diagnosis is a worrying time, and it is important to give people certainty at the earliest opportunity…
…We are committed to accelerating progress in this new phase, for example through:
- Expanding the roll-out of Targeted Lung Health Checks (TLHC)
Cancer screening
Screening is a crucial part of the health service’s efforts to find cancers early. The department is considering how to maximise the contribution that screening programmes can make to early diagnosis in 2 ways. First, we should have a more proactive approach to research, innovation and horizon scanning, to ensure that our population-based screening programmes are harnessing the latest technological advancements and are as effective and efficient as possible. And second, we should integrate targeted screening in high-risk groups with our current approach to population screening…
…We are on the cusp of some major breakthroughs with targeted screening programmes for lung cancer and vaccine roll-out for cervical cancer which could significantly alter outcomes in the long term.
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/10-year-cancer-plan-call-for-evidence/10-year-cancer-plan-call-for-evidence
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