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<p>The NHS Long Term Plan set an ambition that, by 2028, the proportion of cancers
diagnosed at stages 1 and 2 will rise from around half now to three-quarters of cancer
patients. Achieving this will mean that, from 2028, 55,000 more people each year will
survive their cancer for at least five years after diagnosis. Due to the nature of
the ambition, this only includes stageable cancers.</p><p>To find and diagnosed all
cancers earlier, NHS England is streamlining cancer pathways to support diagnosis
within 28 days by implementing non-symptom specific (NSS) pathways for patients who
present with non-specific symptoms that can indicate several cancers, as well as implementing
timed cancer pathways.</p><p>Since 2019, cancer alliances have been developing new
dedicated urgent diagnostic pathways for these patients so that every cancer patient
with concerning, but non-specific symptoms, gets the right tests at the right time
in as few visits as possible. By March 2024, the NSS programme will achieve full population
coverage across England for non-specific symptom pathways as set out in the 2023/24
NHS Planning Guidance.</p>
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