Commit to Beat Cancer - Westminster
The Commit to Beat Cancer campaign in Westminster has now come to a close, but if you would like to support our ongoing campaigns, please visit the 'Our Campaigns' page.
If you are a supporter living in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland you can find out how the Commit to Beat Cancer campaign went in your country by clicking here.
The Westminster campaign
Before the election in May we had 1034 Parliamentary Candidates sign our pledge to Commit to Beat Cancer, to help make cancer outcomes in the UK among the best in Europe in the next ten years. This has translated into 264 committed MPs in Parliament.
A huge thank you to all of you who made this possible; together we made cancer an election issue. This campaign has helped us to establish support and to keep cancer on the political agenda which will be vital for our future campaigns.
Post-election, we held a lobby in Westminster on the 3rd November 2010 where over 70 of our Cancer Campaigns Ambassadors met with MPs to call for new measures on the early diagnosis strand of the campaign.
Every year, our understanding of cancer grows and exciting new treatments are developed. Patient outcomes – how they respond to treatment – continue to improve, but we still have a long way to go. Click here to see if your MP committed to the campaign, and read on to see the five asks we put to our new politicians.
When cancer is diagnosed at an early stage, treatment is more likely to be effective.
We need support for early detection and effective cancer screening.
Patients have a right to rapid access to the best surgery, radiotherapy and medicines.
We need cost effective new treatments to be available as soon as possible.
Many cancers could be prevented by changes to lifestyle.
We need action on tobacco, obesity, alcohol and skin cancer.
Inequalities in cancer incidence and outcomes exist between different social groups in the UK.
We need targeted campaigns and support for the higher risk groups, such as the over 75s.
To keep achieving excellent research results, our researchers need to have the right environment to work in.
We need a commitment to keep supporting cancer research in the UK.
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