Policy paper

The national cancer strategy

The national strategy for cancer aims to help the reformed NHS deliver cancer services that are amongst the best in the world.

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Applies to England

Documents

Improving Outcomes: a strategy for cancer

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The national cancer strategy: assessment of the impact on equalities

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Review of waiting times standards

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The Likely Impact of Earlier Diagnosis of Cancer on Costs and Benefits to the NHS

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Details

This strategy ‘Improving Outcomes’, sets out how – in cancer care – we will change health and care services to improve results for all cancer patients and achieve our specific aim of improving cancer survival rates. Through the approaches in this strategy, we aim to save an additional 5,000 lives every year by 2014/15 and to narrow the inequalities gap at the same time.

Published 12 January 2011