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NHS England cancer services boost
NHS England has announced the first wave of hospitals that will benefit from a major national investment in NHS radiotherapy machines.
Fifteen hospitals, selected in the regions believed to be in the greatest need, have been selected to receive new LINAC linear (accelerator) machines, as part of a £130 million investment in radiotherapy technology upgrades.
The hospitals which will receive new LINACs are: North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust; The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust; University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust; Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust; University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust; University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust; Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust; Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust; Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Speaking at the Britain Against Cancer conference in London, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens also announced £200 million of funding over two years to improve local cancer services, particularly through encouraging local areas to find new and innovative ways to diagnose cancer earlier and improve the care of patients.
The £200 million fund has been set up to encourage local areas to find new and innovative ways to diagnose cancer earlier, improve the care for those living with cancer and ensure each cancer patient gets the right care for them.
Cancer alliances are being asked to bid for a share of the fund to use within three priority areas: early diagnosis; care during and after treatment; and after cancer treatment, including a more personalised approach to follow-up.
Stevens said: "Across the country, the NHS is now making great strides in upgrading modern cancer radiotherapy equipment and ensuring faster access to the most promising new cancer drugs".
"Because the quality of NHS cancer care has improved so much over the past year, an extra two thousand families will be able to celebrate the Christmas holiday with a loved one who has successfully survived cancer. It's an enormous tribute to dedicated nurses, doctors, scientists and patients organisations that we are on track to save 30,000 more lives a year from cancer."
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