Early Diagnosis

Earlier diagnosis of cancer will save or extend more lives and improve quality of life for people affected by cancer.

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Faster Diagnosis

The NHS Long Term Plan sets the ambition that, from 2028, an extra 55,000 people each year will survive for five years or more following a cancer diagnosis.

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Treatment and Care

A good quality of life is as important to people as survival, and receiving care that is tailored to an individual's needs can have a significant impact on their experience.

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Innovation

Driving innovation to elevate cancer care - delivering earlier and faster diagnoses, more personalised treatments, and enhance outcomes for every patient. 

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Funding Opportunities

Funding Opportunities Have you got a project idea that could improve cancer outcomes? Learn more and submit an application

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Early Diagnosis

Earlier diagnosis of cancer will save or extend more lives and improve quality of life for people affected by cancer.

Faster Diagnosis

The NHS Long Term Plan sets the ambition that, from 2028, an extra 55,000 people each year will survive for five years or more following a cancer diagnosis.

Treatment and Care

A good quality of life is as important to people as survival, and receiving care that is tailored to an individual's needs can have a significant impact on their experience.

Innovation

Driving innovation to elevate cancer care - delivering earlier and faster diagnoses, more personalised treatments, and enhance outcomes for every patient. 

New National Cancer Plan announced February 2026

We are pleased to see the publication of the National Cancer Plan. Here at SWAG Cancer Alliance, we support the commitments to ensuring more people survive cancer, are diagnosed earlier and faster, and receive more personalised support.

The Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon & Gloucestershire Cancer Alliance is the forum to bring providers and commissioners together with patients, to co-design services to optimise pathways, ensure effective integration and address variation, and are the vehicle that leads the activity required at a local level to meet the  ambitions set out by the National Cancer Programme Team.

The Cancer Alliance puts clinical leaders across primary, secondary, and tertiary care in the driving seat for improving quality and outcomes across cancer pathways, based on shared data and metrics. Continuing to deliver the strategy and its programmes will require committed leadership, smart choices around investing to save, and a firm intent to try new approaches and test new models of care.

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About SWAG Cancer Alliance

We are responsible for leading the local delivery of the national cancer strategy which sets an exciting vision for the transformation of cancer services.

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Our Priorities

Early Diagnosis

Early Diagnosis

Early Diagnosis

Faster Diagnosis

Faster Diagnosis

Faster Diagnosis

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Innovation and Research

Innovation & Research

Treatment and Care

Treatment and Care

Treatment and Care

Health Inequality

Health Inequalities

Health Inequalities

Patient Engagement

Patient Engagement

Patient Engagement

Latest news

Prehabilitation and Physical Activity Funding Call

July 28, 2026

The SWAG Cancer Alliance is inviting applications for one-off funding to support innovative projects that improve population health outcomes and reduce health inequalities for those diagnosed with cancer.  Projects should…

SWAG Cancer Alliance Neighbourhood Cancer Care Co-Design Events

July 23, 2026

Help Shape the Future of Neighbourhood Cancer Care Are you involved in supporting people affected by cancer? The SWAG Cancer Alliance is bringing together healthcare professionals, community organisations, patients, carers…

“I don’t know if I would still be here if I hadn’t gone to my lung cancer screening” – Caroline’s story

May 28, 2026

Caroline Digby was 60 when she was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2024. Like many people invited to the Lung Cancer Screening Programme, she almost didn’t go. “I had no…