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	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cancer: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Cancer Strategy 2015-2020 remains a statement of current Government priorities in cancer care and treatment.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	259172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Government priorities for cancer care and treatment are set out in the NHS Long Term Plan, published in January this year. The NHS Long Term Plan builds on the Cancer Taskforce Report (2015), going further on its ambitions on survival and early diagnosis so that by 2028 we diagnose three-quarters of cancer patients at an early stage and see an extra 55,000 people each year survive cancer by five years or more following their diagnosis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 11/06/2019 16:37:19 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1150894

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cancer: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming NHS people plan will include a fully costed plan for increasing the cancer workforce.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	2759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>The interim NHS People Plan was published on 3 June 2019 and sets out the type of workforce, and future staff and leadership culture the National Health Service will need to develop, to ensure the successful delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan.</p><p> </p><p>The final NHS People Plan will be informed by the Cancer Workforce Plan for England, published in December 2017 by Health Education England. This set out plans to expand capacity and skills in the cancer workforce, including targeting additional training support for seven priority professions such as clinical radiology, histopathology, oncology and diagnostic and therapeutic radiography. Since 2017 there has been a net increase of 833 full time equivalent staff across the seven priority professions.</p><p> </p><p>The full NHS People Plan will be published in the next few months and will set out a clear framework for collective action on workforce priorities over the next five years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/10/2019 12:38:11 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1361394

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cancer: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the suitability of the new NHS England Quality of Life survey for people diagnosed with a less survivable cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	58813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>All people with a cancer diagnosis, including those with a less survivable cancer, are invited to complete the Cancer Quality of Life Survey. This is an initiative aimed specifically at supporting long term survivorship. For cancer patients who sadly do not survive for 18 months from diagnosis other approaches to assessing their experience, such as the Cancer Patient Experience Survey, will be more appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 27/10/2021 13:15:34 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1361395

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cancer: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the survivability bias in the Cancer Patient Experience Survey; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	58814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2021 answer text <p>The Cancer Patient Experience Survey captures experiences from people treated for cancer, including those with less survivable cancers. Due to the need for statistical robustness, there is a time lag between the experience of treatment and the issue of the survey questionnaires. The Picker Institute reviewed the survey in 2018 and revised guidance to trusts to streamline preparations for the survey, ensured consistency in fieldwork across trusts to reduce delays in data collection and centralised checks on survey samples.</p><p>The national cancer quality of life survey in England was launched in September 2020 to introduce an innovative quality of life metric to track and respond to the long-term impact of cancer. The first report of the survey was published on 26 October 2021 and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/cancer-quality-of-life-survey-summary-report-first-data-release-october-2021/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/cancer-quality-of-life-survey-summary-report-first-data-release-october-2021/</a></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 58815 question first answered 05/11/2021 13:55:32 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1361397

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cancer: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure the experiences of, and quality of life for, people with a less survivable cancer are monitored by national mechanisms to allow issues in care and support to be identified and addressed.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	58815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2021 answer text <p>The Cancer Patient Experience Survey captures experiences from people treated for cancer, including those with less survivable cancers. Due to the need for statistical robustness, there is a time lag between the experience of treatment and the issue of the survey questionnaires. The Picker Institute reviewed the survey in 2018 and revised guidance to trusts to streamline preparations for the survey, ensured consistency in fieldwork across trusts to reduce delays in data collection and centralised checks on survey samples.</p><p>The national cancer quality of life survey in England was launched in September 2020 to introduce an innovative quality of life metric to track and respond to the long-term impact of cancer. The first report of the survey was published on 26 October 2021 and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/cancer-quality-of-life-survey-summary-report-first-data-release-october-2021/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/cancer-quality-of-life-survey-summary-report-first-data-release-october-2021/</a></p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 58814 question first answered 05/11/2021 13:55:32 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith