Cancer strategy: consultation analysis
Responses to our consultation on a new cancer strategy which sought views on areas to prioritise in relation to cancer prevention, management and care. Responses were analysed in order to provide a transparent evidence base to the government.
Footnotes
1. Public Health Scotland (2022) Cancer survival statistics: People diagnosed with cancer during 2015 to 2019. Available from: https://publichealthscotland.scot/publications/cancer-survival-statistics/cancer-survival-statistics-people-diagnosed-with-cancer-during-2015-to-2019/
2. Public Health Scotland (2015) Cancer incidence projections for Scotland: Cancer incidence projections for the period 2013-2027. Available from: https://beta.isdscotland.org/find-publications-and-data/conditions-and-diseases/cancer/cancer-incidence-projections-for-scotland/
3. National Records of Scotland (2022) Projected Population of Scotland (Interim) 2020-based. Available from: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files/statistics/population-projections/2020-based/pop-proj-2020-scot-nat-pub.pdf
4. Public Health Scotland (2022) Cancer Survival in Scotland (to 2019): A National Statistics release for Scotland. Available from: https://publichealthscotland.scot/media/14024/2022-07-05-cancer-survival-report.pdf
5. Public Health Scotland (n.d.) Latest Cancer data and intelligence. Available from: https://beta.isdscotland.org/find-publications-and-data/conditions-and-diseases/cancer/
6. Percentages in the tables have been rounded up to the first decimal and thus may not add up to 100% at all times.
7. Virginia Braun & Victoria Clarke (2006) Using thematic analysis in psychology, Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3:2, 77-101, DOI: 10.1191/1478088706qp063oa
8. According to the Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce, these types of cancer include cancer in: lungs, stomach, pancreas, liver, oesophagus and the brain.
9. Adopted from: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/end-of-life-care/what-it-involves-and-when-it-starts/
10. Adopted from: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/postcode-lottery
11. Adopted from: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/prehabilitation
12. Adopted from: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/rehabilitation
Contact
Email: cancerpolicyteam@gov.scot
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