GETTING IT RIGHT FOR PEOPLE WITH CANCER: WHAT THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR WANTS FROM THE CANCER REFORM STRATEGY
The Cancer Campaigning Group's 'White Paper', Getting It Right For People With Cancer: What The Voluntary Sector Wants From The Cancer Reform Strategy, represents the culmination of a consultation exercise undertaken by the CCG.
In August 2006, following a series of seminars on cancer policy, the Group published a "Green Paper" consultation document, aimed at making the case for a second NHS Cancer Plan. By the end of November over 50 responses had been received.* The views expressed in those responses are summarised in this White Paper.
Download the original CCG "Green Paper".
On 30 November, the Government announced its intention to produce a "Cancer Reform Strategy". In the same month, the CCG commissioned health policy expert Edmund Waterhouse as an independent author for the CCG 'White Paper'. Mr Waterhouse helped the CCG unite the voices of its member charities and Green Paper contributors, drafting a set of proposals to further influence the Cancer Reform Strategy.
"This is a great example of how charities can work together effectively. The voluntary sector makes a vital contribution to cancer services in England, and the expertise represented in these proposals is significant and welcome. I look forward to working with the Cancer Campaigning Group and its members as we develop the Cancer Reform Strategy, to tackle the disease and improve the lives of the millions of people it affects".
Professor Mike Richards,
National Cancer Director
The Cancer Campaigning Group's proposals include:
- giving people with cancer more choice and putting them in control of their care and treatment
- improving progress for rarer and less talked about cancers
- investing in prevention and raising awareness of the disease
- ensuring every person with cancer receives high quality care, treatment,
- information and support, regardless of differences in location, gender, age, financial status, or type of cancer, for example
- promoting and supporting all aspects of cancer research, as the foundation for high quality cancer services
Download the CCG 'White Paper', Getting It Right For People With Cancer: What The Voluntary Sector Wants From The Cancer Reform Strategy.
"I welcome the publication of the Cancer Campaigning Group's white paper which provides an important contribution to the Cancer Reform Strategy. I am particularly pleased that members of the Cancer Campaigning Group are directly involved in helping us to develop the strategy, as members of the advisory board or working groups. I would like to express my personal thanks for all that they do."
Rosie Winterton,
Minister of State for Health Services
* The CCG 'White Paper' received formal submissions from: Marie Curie Cancer Care, Sue Ryder Care, World Cancer Research Fund, Audit Information and Analysis Unit, Bexley Care Trust, Pan Birmingham Cancer Network, Louise Bass (service user), Pancreatic Cancer UK, Cancer Research UK, Trevor Rogers (Physician, Doncaster Royal Infirmary), James McKenzie (user member, SW London Cancer Partnership), Cancerbackup, Howerd Springthorpe (healthcare professional), Royal College of Radiologists, National Cancer Research Network (NCRN) Coordinating Centre, Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust, Sheila Delaney (service user), Cancer Care Alliance of Teesside, South Durham and North Yorkshire Patient & Carer Group, Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Network, Mitzi Blennerhassett (service user), Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia Support Group (CML Support), United Brain Tumour Campaign, Teenage Cancer Trust, Myeloma UK, Central South Coast Cancer Network, Prostate Cancer Charter for Action, Breast Cancer Care, British Thoracic Society, APPG on Cancer, Help the Hospices, UK Lung Cancer Coalition, Janice Worton (Cancer Services Advisor, South Tees Hospital Trust), Bristol Myers Squibb, Jane Cope (NCRI), ASH, Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire User Involvement Group, Abbott Molecular, Northern Cancer Network Partnership Panel, Cancer and Palliative Care Partnership Group at York Hospital, Macmillan Cancer Support, Breast Cancer Campaign, Pat Young (M.C.S. Council Member), Men's Health Forum, Roche Products Ltd, British Lung Foundation, Breakthrough Breast Cancer, Pfizer, NICE, Children with Leukaemia. The 'White Paper' author, Edmund Waterhouse, also conducted extensive personal outreach to ensure the views of other professional bodies and stakeholders were included in the final publication.
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