Click on the links below to access a range of documents you may find helpful in the context of the Cancer Alliance's work:

The Cancer Alliance works closely with colleagues in the national cancer programme at NHS England across a range of priorities and work areas:

The NHS Long Term Plan ambitions for cancer and the work of the NHS national cancer programme

The work of NHS England North East and Yorkshire region

National programmes of work:

Targeted Lung Health Checks  (see also our work in West Yorkshire and Harrogate)

Community Diagnostic Centres

Psychosocial support and improving quality of life outcomes

The Galleri trial - detecting cancer early

The Europac trial and pancreatic cancer

Data and statistics:

Cancer waiting times in England - NHS England

UK Cancer Statistics - Cancer Research UK

CancerData - The National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service

NHS Digital - Cancer Registration Statistics 2020

Macmillan Cancer Support - Statistics Factsheet, updated October 2022

Health Education England - ensuring the NHS workforce of today and tomorrow has the right numbers, skills, values and behaviours, at the right time and in the right place.

Cancer patient surveys:

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Areas covered by the Cancer Quality of Life survey
sent to patients 18 months after diagnosis.

National Cancer Patient Experience Survey (NCPES)

U16s National Cancer Patient Experience Survey

Quality of Life Survey