Research and analysis

Cancer survivors survey: quality of life after diagnosis and treatment

Summarises text responses from cancer survivors on how they feel about their quality of life following diagnosis and treatment.

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published
31 January 2013

Documents

Quality of life of cancer survivors in England: Analysis of patients' free text comments final report (PDF 600Kb)

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Details

This report is aimed at commissioners, commissioning support units and providers to help them understand how services may offer appropriate education, advice and support to the growing numbers of people who are living well, following completion of cancer treatment.

This report complements the Cancer survivorship patient reported outcome measures pilot survey, published in December 2012, where respondents could voice their opinions in a free text comments section.

It shows how the data can provide rich insights into the patient’s needs and suggests some helpful implications on service delivery in the areas of:

  • quality patient care during the treatment phase
  • preparing patients for survivorship
  • supporting patients during survivorship
Published 31 January 2013