ABSTRACT
This Cancer Services Collaborative Network is supported by the National Health Service Modernisation Agency and was set up specifically to bring about practical improvements in cancer services. Cancer services in the UK have lagged behind North America and Europe particularly around survival rates for people who have had cancer. This appears to be not because the treatment or specific services were poor but because people have accessed services much later in cancer, making curative treatment more difficult. Once this became apparent, it was clear that more emphasis had to be placed on providing early access to services and providing better integration of services.
