Quality standard
Development sources
Development sources
Further explanation of the methodology used can be found in the quality standards process guide.
Evidence sources
The documents below contain recommendations from NICE guidance or other NICE‑accredited recommendations that were used by the Quality Standards Advisory Committee to develop the quality standard statements and measures.
Policy context
It is important that the quality standard is considered alongside current policy documents, including:
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Cancer Research UK. Achieving world-class cancer outcomes: a strategy for England 2015–2020 (2015)
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Department of Health. 2010 to 2015 government policy: cancer research and treatment (2015)
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Welsh Government. Together for health – cancer delivery plan for the NHS to 2016 (2016)
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Department of Health. Living with and beyond cancer: taking action to improve outcomes (2013)
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Department of Health. National cancer patients' experience survey programme 2012/13 (2012)
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Royal College of General Practitioners. National audit of cancer diagnosis in primary care (2011)