Lord Darzi’s independent investigation into the NHS in England delivered a stark assessment of cancer care. Highlighting the gap between policy and reality, it found that the NHS is failing to meet some of its most important commitments, with core cancer waiting time standards missed for more than a decade and survival rates lagging behind comparable countries.
The government’s 10-year National Cancer Plan for England sets out bold ambitions to improve survival, boost early diagnosis, and deliver more equitable, patient-centred care. With ambitious targets set for 2029 and 2035, the key question remains: can the NHS deliver these commitments while still fixing today’s pressures?
At this pivotal moment, leaders across the health and care system face the challenge of building cancer services that are not only fit for today, but ready to adopt the next wave of innovation. Progress is already visible in areas, but translating national ambition into consistent, real-world improvement for patients will require co-ordinated action across the system.
This conference brings together leaders from cancer alliances, policy, clinical services, commissioning, and the VCSE sector to explore what is working, and what must change, to turn plans into practice.
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The Health Services Safety Investigations Body look into serious cases where there is a risk to the safety of NHS patients.
Learning Disability England and the Health Services Safety Investigations Body are working together on this.
You are invited by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body to come to a meeting about how people with a learning disability in England get help when they are unwell.
The meeting will bring together people with a learning disability, carers and staff to share experiences.
What we talk about at the meeting will be kept private and confidential.
The Health Services Safety Investigations Body will write a report to help improve care in the NHS. That report will not include anybody’s name.
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Consent is a process of communication and shared decision-making, where patients should have the information they need to make a genuine and informed choice about their care. Patient consent is given, not taken. And is much more than just signing forms and saying yes.  
This webinar will explore what meaningful consent looks like in practice, for both patients and healthcare professionals. We will consider the difference between simply agreeing to something and giving informed consent, what information patients should expect to receive, and how healthcare professionals can support people to ask questions, express concerns and make choices that are right for them. 
It will also explore consent as an ongoing process rather than a one-off event, including what happens when circumstances or preferences change. The webinar will consider how we can move away from consent being treated as a form or tick-box exercise and towards a culture where patients feel able to speak up and where healthcare professionals genuinely listen. 
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