The 78 trusts will receive funding for new machines that will improve patient experience and lead to earlier cancer diagnosis
Last month the Prime Minister announced the extra £200 million in funding for new cancer screening equipment. The chosen 78 trusts will receive funding over the next 2 years to replace, refurbish and upgrade CT and MRI scanners, breast screening imaging and assessment equipment.
Replacing and upgrading machines will improve efficiency by: Making them easier to use; Being quicker to scan and construct images; Reducing the need to re-scan.
Each trust has been allocated funding for new machines based on an assessment of local infrastructure and local population need. They will all contribute to the NHS Long Term Plan’s goal of catching three-quarters of all cancers earlier when they are easier to treat.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock said:
“This new state-of-the-art equipment for 78 trusts across England will ensure doctors and clinicians can help even more people survive a cancer diagnosis and stop the disease as early as possible.
“It’s mission-critical that the technology our NHS uses to prevent and diagnose cancer is brought into the 21st century. We have backed the roll-out of these new machines with £200 million in funding, as part of our Long Term Plan, backed by an extra £33.9 billion a year.”
Cally Palmer, National Cancer Director at NHS England, said:
“Cancer survival is at a record high thanks to better prevention, earlier diagnosis and world-leading treatments in the NHS.
“This major investment in the best modern scanning technology will benefit patients in every part of England, helping us to achieve the NHS Long Term Plan’s ambitions of catching tens of thousands more cancers earlier when they are easier to treat, saving 55,000 more lives every year.”
List of trusts receiving funding
East of England
- Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Bedford Hospital NHS Trust
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
- West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
London
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
- Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
- Whittington Health NHS Trust
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Barts Health NHS Trust
Midlands
- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
North East and Yorkshire
- Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
- Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
- North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust
- North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
North West
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
- The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
South East
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
South West
- Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- North Bristol NHS Trust
- Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
- Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
- Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
