Chamber and committees

While cancer services have remained a priority throughout the pandemic, we recognise there continues to be an impact on cancer services due to the necessary reduction in some areas of clinically determined non-urgent care. Today, we have published and launched our Recovery and Redesign: An Action Plan for Cancer Services which details how we will continue to prioritise cancer services and steps that will be taken in order to ensure resilience in the future, and adopt new innovations. The Plan, which will be live from now until March 2023, is operationally focused with an emphasis placed on diagnosis and treatment. We have outlined 68 actions in total, including 4 flagship innovations. We will establish two Early Cancer Diagnostic Centres within existing NHS infrastructure, a Single Point of Contact Framework to aid patients navigate through cancer services, a programme of Prehabilitation to prepare patients for treatment and achieve optimal outcomes, and a National Dedicated Resource for Cancer. This plan will be backed by up to an additional £17 million, bringing our planned total investment in cancer services up to £114.5 million by March 2023.