The government has published its 10-year plan to turn around NHS cancer services in England and there are some big promises in there, including the ambition to meet all waiting time standards by 2029. Labour also says that, from 2035, it will have 75 per cent of patients who are diagnosed with the disease declared as cancer-free or living well after five years.
The scale of such promises has not been seen since the 2000 national cancer plan, published under Tony Blair’s Labour government, when the flagship 62-day cancer treatment time standard was first introduced.
