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Many people with a brain tumour are not receiving the care and support they expect, according to the 
National Cancer Patient Experience Survey 2016.
The survey is designed to monitor national progress on cancer care, provide information that could be used to drive local quality improvements, assist multi-disciplinary teams, commissioners, and NHS Trusts in improving patient services, and inform the work of charities supporting cancer patients.
The survey found that:
• Only 26% of people with a brain tumour received a care plan
• 42% said they felt their clinical team worked together all of the time to give the best possible care
• 40% felt supported by their GP
• 42% felt happy with the provision of care and support post treatment
• 63% were happy with how their results were communicated to them
All of the above showed a decline from 2015.
Exciting news – and not before time. For some years now Cancer Research UK (CRUK) has shown a real commitment to funding brain tumour research, increasing its funding share to 8%. Now CRUK is pushing the research agenda forward and is committing £25million over the next five years so that two Centres of Excellence can be established – purely for brain cancer research.
It means that at long last there will be a dynamic, multidisciplinary research community in the UK. It means too that the infrastructure...
