Wessex Cancer Innovation Programme

Programme Brief

The NHS Long Term Plan (LTP) sets out ambitious aims for improving cancer care in the UK. This includes diagnosing 75% of cancers at stages 1 and 2 and helping an additional 55,000 people each year survive for five years or more following cancer diagnosis. With a focus on these targets, the Wessex Cancer Alliance (WCA) and Health Innovation Wessex are working together...

The NHS Long Term Plan (LTP) sets out ambitious aims for improving cancer care in the UK. This includes diagnosing 75% of cancers at stages 1 and 2 and helping an additional 55,000 people each year survive for five years or more following cancer diagnosis.

With a focus on these targets, the Wessex Cancer Alliance (WCA) and Health Innovation Wessex are working together to identify innovations to adopt and spread to enable teams across Wessex to achieve this ambition.

The primary need of the programme is to spread the adoption of innovations that have been tested and proven to increase the numbers of cancers diagnosed at an early stage. This will include innovations identified by the national cancer innovation group and those identified by the WCA/Health Innovation Wessex team that address local, unmet needs.

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About the Wessex Cancer Innovation Programme

The Wessex Cancer Innovation programme is a pioneering joint venture between Health Innovation We... Find out more >

Innovation for Health Inequalities (InHIP)

Building on the Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) and Health Innovation Network (HIN) achiev... Find out more >

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The Wessex early cancer diagnosis innovation programme is keen to hear about and share how any innovations that are currently in use across Wessex to improve and support any part of cancer care pathways. We want to learn from you, please complete our Wessex Cancer Innovation Case Study Form.

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NHS Long Term Plan

Wessex Cancer Alliance

Wessex Cancer Alliance - Patient and Public Involvement

NIHR Evidence - Catching cancer early: how research could help us improve

Health & Care - Cancer Care for Everyone report 2023 (health inequalities in cancer)

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Anna Wykes, Programme Manager, talks about her role within the Wessex Cancer Innovation Programme