The Peninsula Cancer Alliance; working across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, is one of 21 cancer alliances across England, bringing together clinical and other senior leaders and patients.

We plan and lead locally to deliver the ambitions set out in the NHS long-term plan. Reduce variation in outcomes and improve access to high quality, evidence based interventions across whole pathways, and for the alliances whole population.

For more information visit our projects page to see the work we are doing to transform the diagnosis, treatment and care for cancer patients in their local area.

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Latest News Around the Peninsula Cancer Alliance

Sir Chris Hoy’s terminal cancer diagnosis prompts near sevenfold increase for prostate cancer advice.

Visits for prostate cancer symptoms advice on the NHS website rose by 672% following Sir Chris Hoy’s announcement about his terminal prognosis. New figures from NHS England show that in the 48 hours after the six-time Olympic champion revealed his cancer was incurable, there were 14,478 visits to the page on…

Peninsula Cancer Alliance Annual Report

Our annual report for 23/24 is now ready to read and can be found here. This report covers the work the alliance completed over the financial years of 2023/24 and includes projects such as Targeted Lung Health Checks, Lynch, Cytosponge and Faster Diagnosis across Breast, Lower Gastrointestinal (LGI), Upper Gastrointestinal…

Peninsula Cancer Alliance Sleep Workshop is a Finalist for the Penna 2024 Awards.

Over the last year the Peninsula Cancer Alliance (PCA) used the Cancer Quality of Life Survey to identify difficulty sleeping as a quality of life priority for local intervention from the recently launched Cancer Data Dashboard. It was clear from the data that this was a symptom reported by all…