Three-quarters of cancer patients in England will survive by 2035, government pledges

February 4, 2026

Government to invest £2bn in NHS cancer services in England as figures show diagnosis made every 75 seconds in the UK

Three in four cancer patients in England will beat cancer under government plans to raise survival rates, as figures reveal someone is now diagnosed every 75 seconds in the UK.

Cancer is the country’s biggest killer, causing about one in four deaths, and survival rates lag behind several European countries, including Romania and Poland. Three-quarters of NHS hospital trusts are failing cancer patients, a Guardian analysis found last year, prompting experts to declare a “national emergency”.

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On The Times’s Visual Investigations team, Christiaan Triebert combines social media sleuthing and traditional reporting to piece together complex stories.Source: rss.nytimes.comRead full article

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