Extra funding this Government has provided for cancer drugs has helped almost 18,500 people since October 2010. Included below is information on the number of patients who have received cancer drugs and spend by strategic health authority (SHA) under the interim cancer drugs funding arrangements in 2010-11 (from October 2010 to the end of March 2011) and under the Cancer Drugs Fund (from April 2011 to the end of March 2012).
This information is published alongside a bulletin from the National Cancer Action Team, which provides a breakdown of the cancer drugs provided by region. This will allow people to identify and challenge locally any variations in the drugs made available through the Cancer Drugs Fund.
Care Services Minister Paul Burstow said:
“Cancer patients, no matter where they live should have access to the drugs their doctors recommend, which is why we introduced the Cancer Drugs Fund.
“By publishing this data, patients can see how the Fund is being used in their area and across the country.
“We can see that the Cancer Drugs Fund is making a difference to the lives of thousands of people with cancer. The amount of funding we have made available has been more than sufficient to provide clinicians with the freedom to provide the cancer drugs they believe will benefit their patients.”
| Strategic health authority |
Number of patients funded 2010-11 |
Amount spent 2010-11 |
Number of patients funded 2011-12 |
Amount spent 2011-12 £0002 |
Number of patients funded 2012-13 to end June 2012 |
Amount spent 2012-13 to end June 2012 £000 |
Total number of patients funded Oct 2010 to end June 20121 |
| North East |
420 |
5,249 |
696 |
6,834 |
119 |
888 |
1,235 |
| North West |
266 |
7,400 |
1,044 |
10,015 |
360 |
3,669 |
1,670 |
| Yorkshireand theHumber |
178 |
1,400 |
809 |
4,926 |
636 |
388 |
1,623 |
| East Midlands |
178 |
3,157 |
871 |
9,624 |
240 |
332 |
1,289 |
| West Midlands |
292 |
2,400 |
1,658 |
14,062 |
416 |
6,470 |
2,366 |
| East ofEngland |
246 |
4,286 |
1,486 |
12,659 |
420 |
4,500 |
2,152 |
| London |
443 |
5,915 |
1,364 |
20,560 |
392 |
7,263 |
2,199 |
| South East Coast |
306 |
2,159 |
1,241 |
10,765 |
243 |
4,785 |
1,790 |
| South Central |
290 |
3,200 |
1,170 |
5,318 |
192 |
858 |
1,652 |
| South West |
161 |
3,088 |
1,459 |
13,565 |
890 |
5,187 |
2,510 |
| Total |
2,780 |
38,254 |
11,798 |
108,327 |
3,908 |
34,340 |
18,486 |
| Source: information supplied to the Department of Health by SHAs
Notes: 1 Some individual patients may be double-counted where a patient has received more than one drug treatment through the Cancer Drugs Fund 2 These figures include end of year spending commitments 3 Spend figures have been rounded to the nearest £000 Also published today is a bulletin on the Cancer Drugs Fund from the National Cancer Action Team (NCAT). NCAT worked with ten Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) to gather and share information on how the Cancer Drugs Fund is being used. |
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