NHS cancer care generally positive but scope for improvement

The coalition government has announced that it intends to use results from the survey to create a roadmap for how the NHS can meet cancer patients' needs in the future. It also revealed that charity Macmillan Cancer Support will invest £300m to aid the NHS in creating up to 2,700 support roles in hospitals and the community over the next decade. The study found that at least 80% of patients reported positively for 33 of the 59 items which were assessed. However, as noted by research leader Professor Sir Mike Richards, national cancer director of the National Cancer Action Team, on ...