Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Cancer Alliances have been created in England and how much funding has been allocated to each Cancer Alliance.
All Cancer Alliances have a delivery plan in place to deliver the recommendations of the independent Cancer Taskforce, and have received core funding to establish themselves in an alliance structure. A further £200 million has been committed in transformation funding in 2017-18 and 2018-19 to support Cancer Alliances with a particular focus on finding new and innovative ways to diagnose cancer earlier, improving the care for those living with cancer and ensuring each cancer patient gets the right care for them. Cancer Alliances are receiving this transformation funding in phases over the course of 2017-18 based on the readiness of systems to take on the transformation work and the strength of their plans. The full investment in delivering the Cancer Strategy for England is set out in the two year progress report published in October 2017, which can be found at this link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/achieving-world-class-cancer-outcomes/
The Cancer Alliances in England are listed below.
North |
Cheshire and Merseyside |
Humber, Coast and Vale |
Lancashire and South Cumbria |
North East and Cumbria |
South Yorkshire, Bassetlaw, North Derbyshire and Hardwick |
West Yorkshire |
Midlands and East |
East of England |
East Midlands |
West Midlands |
London |
South East London |
South |
Kent and Medway |
Peninsula |
Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire |
Surrey and Sussex |
Thames Valley |
Wessex |
National Cancer Vanguard |
Greater Manchester |
North Central and North East London |
North West and South West London |