Cancer services

Health and Social Care Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 6 Jul 2021 Closed: 1 Aug 2022 Parliament page
This inquiry will ask why cancer outcomes in England continue to lag behind comparable countries internationally and examine evidence relating to the underlying causes of these differences. We will also consider what impact disruption to cancer services during the covid-19 pandemic will have on efforts to catch up, and ask … Read more
15 Recommendations
15 Conclusions
1 Report
5 Oral sessions
3 Letters
5 Events
Activity timeline 15 events
13 Jun
2022
Report published
5 Apr
2022
Report published
29 Mar
2022
Correspondence
25 Jan
2022
Correspondence
20 Jan
2022
Oral evidence
20 Jan
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
9 Nov
2021
Oral evidence
9 Nov
2021
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 8, Palace of Westminster
26 Oct
2021
Oral evidence
26 Oct
2021
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 5, Palace of Westminster
19 Oct
2021
Correspondence
14 Sep
2021
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 5 sessions
20 Jan 2022
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Dame Cally Palmer · NHS England Judith Neptial, cancer patient Maria Caulfield · Department of Health and Social Care Mark Foulkes · Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Professor Peter Johnson · NHS England William Vineall · Department of Health and Social Care
9 Nov 2021
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Anna Jewell · Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce Ian Vousden · Kent and Medway Cancer Alliance Jane Lyons · Cancer52 Katy Hall, Expert by experience Professor David Baldwin · School of Medicine (University of Nottingham) Professor David Shackley · Greater Manchester Cancer Sarah Stevens · National Disease Registration Service, NHS Digital
26 Oct 2021
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Baroness Delyth Morgan · Breast Cancer Now David Watson · The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) Dr Philippa Hetherington, Expert by experience Professor David Cunningham · Association of Cancer Physicians Professor Mike Griffin · Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Professor Nick James · Institute of Cancer Research Professor Pat Price · Action Radiotherapy
14 Sep 2021
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Andrea Brady, person with lived experience Dr Andrew Millar · North Central London Cancer Alliance Dr Jeanette Dickson · Council of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Dr Richard Roope · Royal College of General Practitioners Michelle Mitchell · Cancer Research UK Professor Peter Sasieni · King's College London, Clinical Trials Unit Sir Harpal Kumar · GRAIL Europe
13 Jul 2021
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Dame Cally Palmer · NHS England John Butler · International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership Prof Jon Emery · University of Melbourne Prof Peter Johnson · NHS England Prof Sir Mike Richards, Former National Cancer Director
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Twelfth Report - Cancer services HC 551 5 Apr 2022 30 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
2 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Twelfth Report - Cancer services
NHS England has been focusing on encouraging people to come forward with cancer symptoms during...
NHS England has been focusing on encouraging people to come forward with cancer symptoms during the pandemic, which is welcome, and has recently launched a marketing campaign to encourage people to overcome their reluctance to visit their GP to discuss … Read more
Government Response
NHS England will extend coverage of non-specific symptom pathways to at least 75% population coverage by March 2023, ensuring at least 65% of urgent cancer referrals meet the Faster Diagnosis Standard and will trial new approaches to prostate cancer and expanding routes into the system across primary care community.
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Government Response AI assessment · 30 of 15 classified
Accepted 17
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 8
Deferred 4
Total 15 recs + 15 conclusions
Correspondence 3 letters
29 Mar 2022 Corresondence from the National Cancer Director on the Cancer services inquiry
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25 Jan 2022 To committee Letter from the National Cancer Director and National Clinical Director on Cancer services dated 17.01.22
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19 Oct 2021 To committee Letter from Jeanette Dickson providing further information requested by the Committee on Cancer services dated 28.09.21
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