Cancer

(asked on 20th February 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to align the work of Cancer Alliances and Sustainability and Transformation Plans.


Answered by
 Portrait
David Mowat
This question was answered on 28th February 2017

Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) are an important delivery vehicle for the National Health Service national strategy for cancer. Cancer Alliances are supporting commissioning partners and providers within STPs to commission and deliver appropriate local services.

In line with this, all local plans are expected to set out how NHS organisations, councils and if appropriate other partner organisations will work together to make progress in the following key areas:

- Preventing cancer by addressing cancer risk factors;

- Diagnosing more cancers early; and

- Improving cancer treatment and care.

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