Cancer plan could save 1,900 lives a year in the South West by 2040
Cancer Research UK has set out how the Government can reduce cancer mortality rates and prevent thousands of future cancers.
The plan aims to avoid 1,900 deaths a year in the South West, and 20,000 across the UK by 2040.
The charity warns NHS cancer services are currently in crisis and the UK is behind other comparable countries when it comes to cancer survival.
Cancer Research UK are urging the next UK Government to introduce a National Cancer Council.
This will bring together the life sciences sector, charities, and scientific experts, to tackle the disease.
Matt Sample, Health Policy Manager at Cancer Research UK, said: “the plan will fill the one-billion-pound gap in research funding, prevent thousands more cancer cases, diagnose cancer earlier when it’s more treatable and survival chances are better, and tackle long cancer waits.”
“We think a National Cancer Council for England, bringing together researchers, clinicians, the NHS and charities is the right form to drive work forward.”
“We call for significant investment not only in growing the cancer workforce in the NHS but also making sure they have the right skills for the future of cancer care, to make sure they can deliver the brilliant new tests and treatments that researchers are developing right now.”