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 2023/24 ambitions set out by the Cancer Taskforce.
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.
Our Priorities
Early Diagnosis
Early Diagnosis
Faster Diagnosis
Faster Diagnosis
High Quality Modern Services
High Quality Modern Services
Patient Experience
Patient Experience
Personalised Care
Personalised Care
Latest news
Children and young people affected by cancer are building confidence, improving wellbeing and connecting with others through a Surf Therapy programme funded by Somerset Wiltshire Avon and Gloucestershire (SWAG) Cancer Alliance. The six-week pilot programme, delivered by The Wave Project at The Wave in Bristol, is supporting children and young…
We are proud to announce that Funmi Oladipo, our Senior Data Analyst at SWAG Cancer Alliance, has been recognised as one of the UK’s Top 100 AI Leaders through the AI Hundred initiative. The recognition celebrates Funmi’s innovative work using data analytics, automation and artificial intelligence to support improvements across…
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 advice. The Early Cancer Diagnosis podcast, produced by BCfm radio, was funded by SWAG Cancer Alliance’s Small Grants Scheme and brings together…
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 NCPES is conducted annually on behalf of NHS England and captures the voices of cancer patients across the country. This…
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 focus on one or more of the following priorities: Expansion, continuation or implementation of Prehabilitation using a neighbourhood model of delivery Increasing the promotion…
Help Shape the Future of Neighbourhood Cancer Care Are you involved in supporting people affected by cancer? The SWAG Cancer Alliance is bringing together healthcare professionals, community organisations, patients, carers and local partners to help design the future of Neighbourhood Cancer Care across the Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire. As…
Caroline Digby was 60 when she was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2024. Like many people invited to the Lung Cancer Screening Programme, she almost didn’t go. “I had no symptoms at all,” Caroline explains. “No cough, no pain. I’d stopped smoking about three years earlier, although I do live…
Ben was just 48 when he was diagnosed with bowel cancer in January this year. Fit, active, and busy running a family business teaching renovation and construction courses with his wife Kate, while raising their two sons aged 9 and 12, cancer was the last thing on his mind. Over…
