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<p>To raise awareness of cancer symptoms and encourage people with symptoms to go
to their doctor without delay, the Department of Health and Social Care, alongside
Public Health England, have run 15 national Be Clear on Cancer awareness campaigns
since 2010/11.</p><p> </p><p>A Be Clear on Cancer ‘Blood in pee’ campaign ran across
England from July to September 2018, aiming to improve early diagnosis of bladder
and kidney cancer. Public Health England launched a new campaign, ‘Cervical Screening
Saves Lives’, on 5 March to promote uptake of cervical screening.</p><p> </p><p>As
recommended by the UK National Screening Committee and the independent Cancer Taskforce,
we are modernising our world-renowned cancer screening programmes by introducing Faecal
Immunochemical Testing into the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme as soon as possible
and human papillomavirus as the primary test in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme
by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is establishing Rapid Diagnostic Centres across
the country to upgrade and bring together the latest diagnostic equipment and expertise.
The centres build on the 10 models piloted through the Accelerate, Coordinate and
Evaluate programme, which have focussed on diagnosing cancers where patients often
present with non-specific symptoms and may go to their general practitioner many times
before being sent for appropriate tests.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is extending lung
health checks, targeting clinical commissioning groups with the lowest survival rates.
In Greater Manchester introducing low dose CT health checks saw an almost five-fold
reduction in stage 4 disease, with 80% of cancers diagnosed at an early stage.</p><p>
</p><p>NHS England awarded around £5 million of funding to improve pathology services
in 37 trusts across nine Cancer Alliances at the end of 2017/18.</p>
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