Cancer services action plan 2020 to 2023: final report
This final report has been prepared following the end of the 2020 National Cancer Plan 'Recovery and Redesign: Cancer Services' in March 2023. This report provides a brief summary of progress against the outstanding actions as from August 2022.
Annex: Actions completed at progress report
Action 5: Develop guidance on outpatient visiting
Action 6: Test patients for COVID-19, where clinically appropriate
Action 8: Tailored information for individuals that are at increased risk of poor outcomes from COVID-19
Action 12: Early Cancer Diagnosis Centres
Action 13: Additional 6 mobile MRI scanners & 3 CT scanners go live
Action 16: Convening of the oversight group to develop the Endoscopy Renewal Plan
Action 18: National Cancer Diagnosis Audit
Action 20: Refresh of the Framework for Effective Cancer Management
Action 28: Launch of Detect Cancer Early lung campaign
Action 29: Review of COVID-19 related primary care urgent suspicion of cancer referral management guidance
Action 31: Monitoring one-stop lung clinics across NHS Scotland
Action 33: Work with National Services Scotland (NSS) through their Robotic Assisted Surgery Framework
Action 34: Promote and review the Framework for Recovery of Cancer Surgery
Action 38: Publish a national radiotherapy plan
Action 45: Embed long term rapid decision making for off-label medicines
Action 50: Health Care Worker (HCW) testing for COVID-19 as the risk persists
Action 51: Work with NHS Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) Healthcare Staffing Programme to appropriately plan workforce requirements
Action 52: Provide guidance to Health Boards on how to improve and foster clinical leadership
Action 53: Endorse the Flying Finish workforce challenge across cancer services
Action 54: Review the national cancer governance landscape
Action 55: Create a national resource to deliver ‘Once for Scotland’ approach
Action 57: Establish the Cancer Clinical Trials Subgroup
Action 65: Support phase 2 of the Cancer Medicines Outcomes Programme (CMOP)
Action 66: Retrospective audit of CWT data undertaken
Contact
Email: cancerpolicyteam@gov.scot
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