Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire (SWAG) Cancer Alliance Our focus for 2018/19

Themes Based on Cancer taskforce ambitions: Prevention Fewer people getting avoidable cancers Early Diagnosis More people surviving cancer for longer after a diagnosis High Quality Cancer Services Meeting national cancer waiting times standards Implementation of national best practice in cancer care Living With and Beyond Cancer More people having a positive experience of care and support More people having a better long-term quality of life

Prevention Fewer people getting avoidable cancers Making Every Contact Count Support the introduction of Making Every Contact Count in diagnostic part of cancer pathway

Early Diagnosis More people surviving cancer for longer after a diagnosis qFIT Implementation of qFIt for low risk colorectal cancer symptom for whole Alliance population via primary care FIT in Bowel Screening Support roll-out Lung Cancer Introduce diagnostics phase of National Optimal Lung Cancer Pathway for a whole Alliance population and all chest x-rays Agree next Alliance wide Early Diagnosis priorities

High Quality Cancer Services 1 Meeting national cancer waiting times standards Implementation of national best practice in cancer care Prostate Pathway Implementation of national timed pathway Lung Cancer Implementation of national timed pathway Colorectal Cancer Implementation of national clinical advice for colorectal cancer (including timed pathway) 62 Day Standard Support best practice in pathways especially inter-trust aspects and support in patients in primary care

High Quality Cancer Services 2 Meeting national cancer waiting times standards Implementation of national best practice in cancer care Improving Multidisciplinary Teams Support MDTs to have better quality discussions with less delay in pathways Radiotherapy Implementation new national service specification Workforce Develop an Alliance workforce plan for key cancer professions Genomics Integrate new Genomics service into existing pathways

Living With and Beyond Cancer More people having a positive experience of care and support More people having a better long-term quality of life Recovery Package Implementation of recovery package for patients with breast, prostate and colorectal cancer. This covers holistic needs assessment, care plan, treatment summaries and health and wellbeing support Risk Stratified Pathways of Care Introduce Risk Stratified Pathways of Care for patients with breast, prostate and colorectal cancer Primary Care Support Support practices to develop better support for patients Living With and Beyond Cancer

Funding Core Funding -£363k Transformation Funding qFIT - £292k Lung - £165k Living With and Beyond Cancer – £2,575k National Support Fund for pathways and 62 day standard - £750k