The West Midlands Cancer Alliance is one of 20 alliances funded by NHS England to help deliver the strategy of the independent Cancer Taskforce published in 2015.
Cancer Alliances look at the care and support patient populations should expect to receive, covering the whole pathway from prevention and screening programmes to living with and beyond cancer, so we can address variations in treatment and care provision to ensure equal access and implement best practice. NHS England provides Cancer Alliances with funding, support and guidance to assist in their work.
The West Midlands Cancer Alliance fosters productive partnerships with and between its six Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), commissioners (including specialised commissioners), specialised service networks (for example radiotherapy networks), service providers (including GPs, other primary and social care providers and NHS Trusts) and patient groups, and has established robust governance to bind these partnerships together.