NHS England's forthcoming People Plan is a vital opportunity for the NHS to set out plans for increasing the cancer workforce. However, in order to make this happen, the Government would have to invest specifically in the NHS workforce.
*Estimates are based on the rate of participation and the cancer detection rate for the relevant threshold from the England FIT pilot in 2014 (data based on Moss et al., Gut; 2016), and assume 4.6 million screening programme invites for 60-74 years olds in England per year. Estimates are for the years immediately following the introduction of FIT.
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**Estimates are based on the rate of participation and positivity rate for the relevant threshold from the England FIT pilot in 2014 (data based on Moss et al., Gut; 2016), and assume 85% uptake of colonoscopy. Estimates do not include surveillance colonoscopies and are for the years immediately following the introduction of FIT.
***Based on incidence projection for the UK up to 2035 from Smittenaar et al. 2016
*****Annual average number of new cases of cancer (ICD10 C00-C97) diagnosed in the UK between 2014 and 2016.
Annual average number of deaths from cancer (ICD10 C00-C97) in the UK between 2015 and 2017
56% of known stage bowel cancers in England are diagnosed late (stage 3 or 4). National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS)
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