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New NHS cancer plan aims to save 75% of patients by 2035
The plan aims to improve cancer diagnosis, expand robotic surgery, and meet all NHS waiting-time targets by 2029, potentially saving 320,000 lives over the next decade.
- On Wednesday, the National Cancer Plan was published, pledging to meet all three NHS cancer waiting-time targets by March 2029 and to have 75% of patients diagnosed from 2035 cancer-free or living well within five years, which the Government says will save 320,000 lives.
- With five‑year survival at 60%, around 2.4 million people are living after a cancer diagnosis, prompting the drive to improve outcomes in England.
- The plan funds 2.3 billion to deliver 9.5 million additional tests by 2029, expand robot-assisted surgery from 70,000 to half a million procedures by 2035, and offer DNA testing for patients.
- Latest figures show only 70.2% met the 28‑day target in November, with an interim target of March 2026 to reach 75%, while workforce gaps of 30% radiologists and 15% clinical oncologists constrain NHS hospitals.
- Experts caution that ambition needs sustained funding and staff, as observers call the March 2029 pledge a political gamble near the likely election, while ministers say it could be transformative.
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