The NICE clinical guidance on supportive and palliative care ( CSG) advises those who develop and deliver cancer services for adults with cancer about what is needed to make sure that patients, and their families and carers, are well informed, cared for and supported. The key recommendations are: People affected by cancer should be involved in developing cancer services There should be good communication, and people affected by cancer should be involved in decision making Information should be available free of charge People affected by cancer should be offered a range of physical, emotional, spiritual and social support There should be services to help people living with the after-effects of cancer manage these for themselves People with advanced cancer should have access to a range of services to improve their quality of life There should be support for people dying from cancer The needs of family and other carers of people with cancer should be met There should be a trained workforce to provide services Review decision date: June 2014 Review decision: The Improving supportive and palliative care for adults with cancer guideline should not undergo a surveillance review at this point. Please refer to the surveillance review decision for further information. Next review date: To be confirmed on publication of related guidance In February 2009 NICE published guidance on advanced breast cancer that complements the cancer service guidance.
1 NHS National Institute for Clinical Excellence Guidance on Cancer Services Improving Supportive and Palliative Care for Adults with Cancer The Manual 2 Improving Supportive and Palliative Care for Adults with Cancer Cancer service guidance supports the implementation of The NHS Cancer Plan for England, 1 and the NHS Plan for Wales Improving Health in Wales. 2 The service guidance programme was initiated in 1995 to follow on from the Calman- Hine Report, A Policy Framework for Commissioning Cancer Services. 3 The focus of the cancer service guidance is to guide the commissioning of services and is therefore different from clinical practice guidelines. Health services in England and Wales have organisational arrangements in place for securing improvements in cancer services and those responsible for their operation should take this guidance into account when planning, commissioning and organising services for cancer patients. The recommendations in the guidance concentrate on aspects of services that are likely to have significant impact on health outcomes. Both the objectives and resource implications of implementing the recommendations are considered. This guidance can be used to identify gaps in local provision and to check the appropriateness of existing services. References 1. Department of Health (2001) The NHS Cancer Plan. Available from: 2. National Assembly for Wales (2001) Improving Health in Wales: A Plan for the NHS and its Partners. Available from: 3. A Policy Framework for Commissioning Cancer Services: A Report by the Expert Advisory Group on Cancer to the Chief Medical Officers of England and Wales (1995). Available from: This guidance is written in the following context: This guidance is a part of the.
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