The Manual for Cancer Services (2004) contains a number of quality measures for commissioners and providers of national health service services. Compliance against the measures was last reviewed under the National Cancer Peer Review Programme 2004-07.
The following table shows the percentage of cancer networks that were compliant with quality measure 3A, which covers cross-cutting services provided by specialist palliative care multi-disciplinary teams.
Cancer network Compliance (percentage) 3 Counties 65 Anglia Cancer Network 51 Arden 61 Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire 64 Central South Coast 56 Derby/Burton 90 Dorset 81 Essex Cancer Network 67 Greater Manchester and Cheshire 68 Greater Midlands 60 Humber and Yorkshire Coast 58 Kent and Medway 65 Lancashire and South Cumbria 33 Leicester, Northamptonshire, Rutland 70 Merseyside and Cheshire 61 Mid Trent 82 Mount Vernon 41 North East London 69 North London 41 North of England Cancer Network 70 North Trent 72 Pan-Birmingham 57 Peninsula 68 South East London 68 South West London 81 Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire 59 Sussex 14 Thames Valley 57 West London 67 Yorkshire 77 Source: National Cancer Peer Review Programme 2004-07
The following table shows the percentage of cancer networks that were compliant with quality measure 1E-1, which covers cross-cutting services for palliative care across network palliative care groups.
Cancer network Compliance (percentage) 3 Counties 74 Arden 70 Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire 74 Black Country 70 Cancer Care Alliance 65 Central South Coast 83 Derby/Burton 100 Dorset 78 Greater Manchester and Cheshire 74 Greater Midlands 48 Humber and Yorkshire Coast 52 Kent and Medway 87 Lancashire and South Cumbria 17 Leicester, Northamptonshire, Rutland 74 Merseyside and Cheshire 78 Mid Trent 96 Mount Vernon 22 North East London 57 North London 43 North of England Cancer Network 91 North Trent 65 North West Midlands 22 Pan-Birmingham 43 Peninsula 61 South East London 70 South Essex 61 South West London 87 Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire 65 Sussex 35 Thames Valley 96 West Anglia 61 West London 52 Yorkshire 83 Source: National Cancer Peer Review Programme 2004-07