Breast Cancer

(asked on 7th June 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the regional differences in breast cancer (a) rates and (b) outcomes.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 12th June 2018

NHS England has established 19 Cancer Alliances across the country to bring together influential local decision-makers, reduce variation in the availability of good care and treatment for all people with cancer, including breast cancer, and deliver continuous improvement and reduction in inequality of experience.

NHS England has committed to providing Cancer Alliances with £200 million in transformation funding over two years to undertake initiatives to diagnose cancer earlier and improve the lives of people living with cancer.

NHS England and Public Health England have also set up the Cancer Alliance Data, Evidence and Analysis Service to help drive evidence-based local decisions in the delivery of improved cancer outcomes, using a whole pathway and cross-organisational approach.

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