NHS Cancer Reform Strategy

Given the importance of the Cancer reform strategy to our oncology nurses, we have listed the main links within this blog.

Full text of the strategy.

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_081006
http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/news/archive/newsarchive/2007/december/18378823

As reported by the BBC today.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7124713.stm

and within a NHS portal.

http://www.cancer.nhs.uk/

Key elements of the NHS Cancer Reform Strategy:

Key elements of the NHS Cancer Reform Strategy include:
£200m investment to boost radiotherapy capacity over the next three years.
Licensing process of oncology and chemotherapy drugs available to patients more quickly.
Measures to improve detection of cancer in primary care.
Extension of the NHS breast cancer screening programme to all women aged 47 to 73 by 2012.
Extension of the NHS bowel screening programme from 2010 to all men and women aged 70 to 75.