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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