UK Cancer Policy

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Overview of Key Reports and Legislation Under construction ! Calman-Hine Report A Framework for Commissioning Cancer Services (1995) The New NHS, Modern, Dependable (1997) White Paper This is an outline of the government's 10 year strategy to modernise the NHS in order to provide a uniformly high standard of care, be fast and convenient, and more patient-focused. Information for Health (1998) This is a programme for meeting the information needs of the whole NHS. Part of this programme involved developing a Cancer Information Stratergy.