"Three in four cancer patients in England will beat cancer under government plans to raise survival rates, as figures reveal someone is now diagnosed every 75 seconds in the UK. Cancer is the country's biggest killer, causing about one in four deaths, and survival rates lag behind several European countries, including Romania and Poland. Three-quarters of NHS hospital trusts are failing cancer patients, a Guardian analysis found last year, prompting experts to declare a national emergency."
"Some cancer performance targets have not been met by the NHS since 2015. Under the national cancer plan, all three waiting times standards will be met by 2029, ministers will announce. And, for the first time, the government will commit to ensuring that, from 2035, 75% of patients will be either cancer-free or living well, which means a normal life with the disease under control five years after being diagnosed."
"The health secretary, Wes Streeting, who revealed in 2021 that he had been diagnosed with and treated for kidney cancer at the age of 38, said: As a cancer survivor who owes my life to the NHS, I owe it to future patients to make sure they receive the same outstanding care I did."
Government plans pledge £2bn to transform cancer services, promising faster diagnoses, quicker treatment and more support to live well. Cancer causes about one in four deaths in the UK, with survival rates currently around 60% at five years and lagging behind several European countries. Around 1,200 people are diagnosed daily, or one every 75 seconds. Three-quarters of NHS hospital trusts have been failing cancer patients, and some performance targets have not been met since 2015. The plan commits to meeting all three waiting-time standards by 2029 and aims for 75% of patients to be cancer-free or living well five years after diagnosis by 2035. The Department of Health estimates 320,000 more lives saved over the ten-year plan.
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