Cancer

(asked on 19th December 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in implementing the Five Year Forward View commitment to increasing cancer diagnostic capacity.


Answered by
 Portrait
David Mowat
This question was answered on 11th January 2017

Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, announced on 6 December that £200 million would be available in 2017/18 and 2018/19 to support Cancer Alliances to develop their approach to earlier diagnosis and living with and beyond cancer. This will include investment both to make sure services are getting the most out of our existing capacity, and to support increases in diagnostic capacity. Cancer Alliances will be submitting bids for this funding through a ‘best possible value’ process. Although Cancer Alliances are free to include independent provision as part of their bid where they feel it is appropriate and meets the ‘best possible value’ criteria, it is not a requirement.

Reticulating Splines