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<p>The NHS Long Term Plan included an ambition that 55,000 more people who are diagnosed
with cancer in 2028 will survive for five years. Early diagnosis is a major determinant
of cancer survival and NHS England have deliberately set the early diagnosis ambition
– to diagnose 75% of cancers at stage 1 and 2 by 2028 - at a level which, under most
scenarios, would be more than sufficient to meet the survival ambition. During the
development of the plan, clinicians and stakeholders agreed that we should set a stretching
ambition to ensure we improve the rate of diagnosis across all cancers, so many more
people will survive.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out a number of key
steps to achieve this ambition, including through raising greater awareness of symptoms
of cancer, accelerating access to diagnosis and treatment and maximising the number
of cancers that we identify through screening. Meeting this ambition will also require
the National Health Service to harness new technological advances to target at risk
patients more effectively; directing our research and innovation effort to the areas
where the data tells us we can have the biggest impact; and mobilising the NHS so
that we can adopt proven new approaches more quickly.</p><p> </p><p>Following the
publication of the NHS Long Term Plan, the National Implementation Framework, to be
published in the spring, will provide further information on how the Long Term Plan
will be implemented. Additional details, based on local health system five year plans,
will be brought together in a detailed national implementation plan in the autumn.</p><p>
</p><p>We will continue to work closely with key partners and stakeholders and other
voluntary sector partners, as we support the NHS to deliver the commitments set out
in the Long Term Plan.</p>
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