• NHS cancer services
  • Introduction
  • Cancer Networks
  • How to find your local hospital
  • Specialist palliative care
  • Primary care
  • What standards of care can I expect?
  • National standards for treatment and care
  • User involvement in cancer services
  • General NHS services
  • Questions to ask
• Your healthcare team

Cancer services and the NHS

This section includes information about:

• NHS Services for people with cancer
• General NHS services
• What you should expect from the services you receive; and where you can find out more.
  

Key points

• Cancer diagnosis, treatment and care can be provided in several different places. These include your GP’s surgery, district hospitals, larger specialist hospitals, hospices and your own home. It is now recommended that specialist cancer teams treat cancer patients.

You should be given information about:

• The hospital or hospitals where you will be treated
• Your healthcare team
• The proposed treatment and care plan; and where to get more information, help and support.

Page last edited: 11 November 2009