Cancer Programme Pilots Evaluation

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (the Act) gives NHS England statutory powers, under section 259(1)(a), to require data from health or social care bodies, or organisations that provide publicly funded health or adult social care in England, where it has been directed to establish an information system by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

The data, as specified by NHS England in this published Data Provision Notice, is required to support a direction from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to NHS England. Therefore, organisations that are in scope of the notice are legally required, under section 259(5) of the Act, to provide the data in the form and manner specified below

Directions are given by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care requiring NHS England to establish and operate a system for the collection and analysis of patient-level data from Cancer Programme Pilots in England, and provide the mandatory information specified, to support local health and care systems.

This will enable NHS England to fulfil its commitments for delivering the NHS Long Term Plan (LTP) ambitions in relation to increasing cancer survival and early diagnosis rates, reducing cancer waiting times, and providing more personalised care for patients both during and after their cancer diagnosis.  NHS England will use the data obtained to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of these pilot initiatives.

Under section 259(1)(a) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, this Notice is served in accordance with the procedure published as part of the NHS England duty under section 259(8) on the following persons:

Local service providers delivering Cancer Programme Pilots in England, including:

• project delivery teams commissioned locally by Integrated Care Boards to enable to the delivery of Targeted Lung Health Check Pilot.  Listed in Annex A of this DPN.
• community pharmacy sites delivery the Community Pharmacy Consultation Service Pilot. Listed in Annex B of this DPN

Under section 259(5) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 the organisation types specified above must comply with the Form, Manner and Period requirements as stated in the Data Provision Notice and supporting Technical Outputs and Requirements Specifications. 

NHS England has been directed by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care under section 254 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012; to establish and operate a system for the collection and analysis of the information specified for this service. The direction and accompanying requirements specification are published on the NHS England website. 

This information is required by NHS England under section 259(1)(a) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

In line with section 259(5) of the Act, all organisations in scope, in England, must comply with the requirement and provide information to NHS England in the form, manner and period specified in this Data Provision Notice.

This Notice is issued in accordance with the procedure published as part of an NHS England duty under section 259(8).

The data collection will cover the period of the evaluation for each of the Cancer Programme Pilots. This is set out in the Technical Output Specification.