Cancer: Health Services
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to help improve the post-treatment recovery of NHS cancer patients.
Answered by Ashley Dalton
Where appropriate, every person diagnosed with cancer will have access to personalised care, including a holistic needs assessment, a care plan, and health and wellbeing information and support. This includes the provision of information, empowering people to manage their care and the impact of their cancer and their treatment. Personalised care ensures that each person’s care is planned holistically, covering mental and physical health as well as any practical or financial concerns.
Moreover, the NHS Cancer Programme, through local Cancer Alliances, is working to ensure that physical activity is fully integrated across the whole cancer pathway, which includes opportunities within rehabilitation for people who have undergone treatment.
The National Cancer Plan, due to be published later this year, will set out plans to improve the experiences and outcomes for people at every stage of the cancer pathway, including post-treatment.
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