Read our latest 2025/26 Annual Report (opens in new tab)
Our 2025-2026 Annual Report is now live. Read all about the latest projects, innovations and advancements in cancer care across SWAG.
The Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon & Gloucestershire Cancer Alliance is the forum to bring providers and commissioners together with patients, to co-design services to optimise pathways, ensure effective integration and address variation, and are the vehicle that leads the activity required at a local level to meet the ambitions set out by the National Cancer Programme Team.
The Cancer Alliance puts clinical leaders across primary, secondary, and tertiary care in the driving seat for improving quality and outcomes across cancer pathways, based on shared data and metrics. Continuing to deliver the strategy and its programmes will require committed leadership, smart choices around investing to save, and a firm intent to try new approaches and test new models of care.
About SWAG Cancer Alliance
We are responsible for leading the local delivery of the national cancer strategy which sets an exciting vision for the transformation of cancer services.
Our Priorities
Early Diagnosis
Early Diagnosis
Faster Diagnosis
Faster Diagnosis
Innovation and Research
Innovation & Research
Treatment and Care
Treatment and Care
Health Inequalities
Health Inequalities
Patient Engagement
Patient Engagement
Latest news
New South West podcast series helps communities spot cancer earlier
A new four-part podcast series from BCfm Radio is helping people across Bristol, Wiltshire, Somerset and Gloucestershire recognise the early signs of cancer and feel more confident about seeking medical…
SWAG maintains 9 out of 10 rating for patient care in latest National Cancer Patient Experience Survey
Patients across Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire (SWAG) have rated their cancer care an average of 9 out of 10 in the latest National Cancer Patient Experience Survey (NCPES). The…
Prehabilitation and Physical Activity Funding Call
The SWAG Cancer Alliance is inviting applications for one-off funding to support innovative projects that improve population health outcomes and reduce health inequalities for those diagnosed with cancer. Projects should…




