The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 278 No 7435 p67
20 January 2007

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Welsh Assembly Government sets nine-year cancer targets

Three sets of targets for tackling cancer between now and 2015 have been set out by the Welsh Assembly Government.

“Designed to tackle cancer in Wales” sets out implementation targets that will run from now until March 2008, from April 2008 until March 2011 and from April 2011 until 2015. By March 2008, every smoker who wants to quit will have access to an NHS smoking cessation service within a month of referral. By 2015, the WAG aims to have cancer incidence and survival rates comparable to the lower European quartile. Intermediate targets, to be reached by March 2011, have yet to be set.