Recovery and redesign: cancer services - action plan

Key Milestones in Cancer Services Response and Recovery

Approach

March

• 11^th - NHS Boards were instructed that vital cancer services remain open.
• 18^th - The Cancer Treatment Response Group convened.
• 20^th - the National COVID-10 advice for cancer patients was published.
• 25^th - Cancer Clinical Management guidelines were provided to Boards.
• 30^th - National Screening Programmes were paused.

April

• 8^th - Interim Governance for cancer medicines were published.
• 24^th - the NHS is Open campaign is launched and we began the use of private sector hospitals to deliver care in a COVID-19 free environment.

May

• 4^th - interim guidance on restating therapy in COVID-19 positive patients was published.
• 31^st - the Re-mobilise, Recover and Re-design Framework was published and an update to cancer patient leaflets was completed.

June

• 4^th - the surgical prioritisation framework was published.
• 5^th - the National Cancer Recovery Group was convened, and on the 9^th advice on 15 new treatment options was published.

July

• 2^nd - Clinical guidance for Endoscopy was published to support resumption of services.
• 8^th - the roll out of weekly staff testing in cancer services began.
• 15^th - guidance was published on the management of urgent suspicion of lung cancer.
• 23^rd - shielding guidance was paused.