Living well with & beyond cancer

Today over 1.7 million people living in England have had a diagnosis of cancer, a figure likely to rise to over 3 million by 2030.

It is very important that the increasing numbers of people living with and beyond cancer, their carers and their families have access to the support and services they need to live as normal a life as possible, for as long as possible.

This is everybody’s business, not just a health initiative.

 Cancer Survivorship: 5 key facts

1. Number of survivors in UK will increase from 2m to 4m by 2030.
2. Many people with incurable cancer can live good quality lives for years.  There are different patterns of incurable disease:  chronic (both from cancer and from cancer treatment), progressive, dying.
3. Current face to face out patient follow up doesn’t meet patients’ needs, isn’t good value for money, and won’t cope with increasing numbers.
4. NCSI propose 5 Key Shifts to significantly improve quality of aftercare for cancer survivors.
5. These shifts are cost effective through targeting resources on those that need them and better assessment/ coordination of care

• Vision document avaiable from: www.ncsi.org.uk 

Network conference (21st July 2011): please click below for presentations and informaiton

• "Living well with and Beyond Cancer" conference 2011