Twelfth Report - Cancer services
Select Committee
Health and Social Care Committee
HC 551
5 April 2022
Recommendations
2 results
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Deferred
Para 109
As part of the Government’s new cancer plan, the Government and NHS England should review...
Recommendation
As part of the Government’s new cancer plan, the Government and NHS England should review the organisation of cancer surgery with a specific focus on whether more specialist hospitals should be established to ensure that more cancer surgery is carried …
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Government Response Summary
The government deferred action, stating that the Cancer Call for Evidence is being analysed and the 10-Year Cancer Plan will address the organisation of cancer surgery.
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Deferred
The Government must consider rare, less common and less survivable cancers specifically as part of...
Recommendation
The Government must consider rare, less common and less survivable cancers specifically as part of its new cancer plan. NHS England should also produce an action plan for rare, less common and less survivable cancers, containing clear commitments to address …
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Government Response Summary
The government deferred action, stating that it is analysing responses to the Cancer Call for Evidence and that the 10 Year Cancer Plan will address all cancer types, including rare and less survivable cancers.
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Conclusions (2) Observations and findings — click to expand
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Conclusion
Deferred
Para 108
Major specialist cancer hospitals have better access to staff, expertise and technology, and patients referred to these sites are more likely to be offered potentially life- saving surgery. During the pandemic, these hospitals were the ones most likely to be able to continue treatment, perpetuating regional disparities. Creating more of …
Government Response Summary
The government's response states the Cancer Call for Evidence has closed, and the responses are being analysed alongside wider evidence for a new vision for cancer care in their 10-Year Cancer Plan.
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Conclusion
Deferred
There are specific challenges facing people with rare and less common and less survivable cancers, including that they are often harder to diagnose and that issues with spreading best practice for treating less common cancers are more pronounced. Despite some positive changes such as Rapid Diagnostic Centres, it is not …
Government Response Summary
The government is analysing responses to the Cancer Call for Evidence to develop the 10 Year Cancer Plan, which will address all cancer types, including rare and less survivable cancers.