NHSE could impose new cancer system on struggling trusts

Trusts failing to meet cancer standards may be encouraged to use a new tool on the federated data platform, HSJ understands.

NHS England today announced the launch of the Cancer 360 tool on the FDP, which it says will help clinicians to “identify and address delays immediately” in cancer treatment pathways. 

In a media briefing attended by HSJ, NHSE said no trust would be “forced” to take up the tool. It said there would be “no questions asked” if another system was already in place and the organisation was meeting performance targets, such as the faster diagnosis or 62-day referral-to-treatment standards.

However, there “would be a conversation” about the need to use Cancer 360 if a trust had another system in place and was not meeting standards, officials confirmed.

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Source: HSJ, 4 May 2025