Cancer Reform Strategy

A UK Department of Health initiative promulgated in 2007, which built on the progress made since the publication of the NHS Cancer Plan in 2000 and set a clear direction for cancer services for the next five years, with the view that by 2012 the UK cancer services would be among the best in the world.

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It is clear there is more work to be done and it is more important than ever that the measures outlined in the Cancer Reform Strategy are implemented locally.

Calls for action on bowel cancer as report highlights number of deaths; MORE DIE IN WALES THAN IN ENGLAND

More than a decade after the last Government launched its NHS Cancer Plan and almost five years after its Cancer Reform Strategy, the gap in survival rates between England and the best-performing European countries has not closed, a parliamentary report said today.

Our cancer survival rates still not best; Britain still lags behind the best in Europe

IT IS good news that lung cancer survival figures in the North-West are among the best performers in England, as published in the Second Annual Report of the Cancer Reform Strategy yesterday.

Mixed news; LETTERS to the EDITOR

The Department of Health's cancer reform strategy report showed, for example, that a lung cancer patient in Hertfordshire was three times more likely to die within a year than a patient in Kensington and Chelsea.

'Cancer lotto' is slammed; WORLDTODAY

The DoH spokesman said under the Cancer Reform Strategy all women should receive the results of their cervical screening test within 14 days by 2010.

Smear test results wait up after Jade

As part of its Cancer Reform Strategy, the UK's Department of Health, which advises against sunbed use for cosmetic purposes, is currently considering whether there should be further regulation to control use of sunbeds.

Your Life: Dear Miriam - Sunbeds won't give you a healthy tan; HEALTH

The Department of Health has launched a new national awareness and early detection initiative as part of the cancer reform strategy in order to improve public awareness and encourage fast referral of cancer, with pilot schemes in 20 primary care trusts in England.

Early detection of cancer

By increasing the age range of women taking part, the trust is at the forefront of the government's Cancer Reform Strategy which recommended this measure.

Thousands get cancer screening; HEALTH: Wider age range of women to be screened

One of the key aims of the Cancer Reform Strategy is to reduce inequalities in cancer incidence and increase access to high quality cancer care and cancer outcomes.

North-South divide over cancer deaths; Death rate in region is 20% above average

The Department of Health's Cancer Reform Strategy, published last week, promised that "during spring 2008, the government would consult on proposals for the next steps in tobacco control and the further regulation of tobacco products, including the display of tobacco at the point of sale".

Trade will fight bid to ban tobacco displays

Following bans on smoking in public and cigarette sales to under-18s, he wants to introduce further measures as part of his five-year Cancer Reform Strategy.

VEND OF THE CIGGIE; EXCLUSIVE Machines to be banned in battle against cancer

s new Cancer Reform Strategy affect spending on cancer drugs?

New Report Assesses Key Trends in the Political and Reimbursement Environment for Cancer Drugs