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<p>Cancer is a priority for this Government and impetus has been given to ensuring
that more patients are seen and treated for cancer. The drive to improve survival
rates through earlier diagnosis, therefore, has meant that demand and activity have
been rising for a number of years. This has resulted in more people being referred
and diagnosed than ever before.</p><p>Improving diagnosis and ensuring better outcomes
for patients diagnosed with cancer is a priority for Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield
Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), and County Durham is consistently better in terms
of coverage than the national average for all three cancer screening programmes. The
CCG is working collaboratively with colleagues from public health, primary care and
secondary care on a strategic piece of work, with a view that a multi-disciplinary
approach is necessary in order to address inequalities in cancer.</p><p> </p><p>The
CCG has developed the Action Plan ‘County Durham Reducing Health Inequalities in Cancer
Action Plan for 2018-19’.</p><p> </p>
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