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Applies to England
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Detail of outcome
The call for evidence ran from 12 weeks from 4 February to 29 April 2025.
Of the more than 11,000 responses to our call for evidence, almost 7,000 came from former or current cancer patients and 2,000 from carers of people with cancer.
The input of the public, patients, cancer professionals and partner organisations has been integral to shaping the content of the National Cancer Plan for England.
Original call for evidence
Call for evidence description
Cancer affects 1 in 2 people during their lifetime. The Prime Minister’s health mission sets the objective of building an NHS fit for the future, and an essential part of this is achieving our goal to reduce the number of lives lost to cancer.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is seeking the views of individuals, professionals and organisations to understand how we can do more to achieve this ambition. Your views will inform our plan to improve cancer care, from referral and diagnosis to treatment and aftercare, in order to better the experience and outcomes for people with cancer.
Rather than a formal consultation on specific proposals, this call for evidence is a request for ideas and evidence that the government can build on.
This call for evidence is also available as an easy read version.
Documents
Updates to this page
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Updated to add a contact email address in the 'How to respond' section of the 'Shaping the national cancer plan' HTML document.
Update history
2026-02-04 10:38
Added the government’s response to the call for evidence.
2025-04-10 11:55
Updated to add a contact email address in the ‘How to respond’ section of the ‘Shaping the national cancer plan’ HTML document.
2025-02-04 12:53
First published.