NHS Cancer Quality of Life Survey
More people are surviving cancer than ever before. However, living with cancer, and the effects of its treatment, can have a negative impact on people’s physical, emotional and social wellbeing.
The annual NHS Cancer Quality of Life Survey (QoL) helps healthcare professionals and those supporting cancer patients to understand what matters to them. It shows how quality of life may have changed for people diagnosed with cancer. This enables cancer teams to see where care is working well or not so well, and to identify opportunities to improve support.
Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance Quality of Life Dashboard
The national QoL results dashboard allows for comparisons between cancer alliances. However, our data experts have created an SSCA Quality of Life Dashboard to allow comparison between trusts on our footprint.
We have recognised the dashboard contains a vast amount of data and simply clicking around the tabs makes it difficult to spot trends. However, focusing on results for a specific trust or cancer type can be more effective in helping cancer teams to understand what matters to local cancer patients and help improve cancer care.
Our data experts have also produced a summary report, with the key highlights of the QoL survey for our region.
Find both the SSCA Quality of Life Dashboard and the summary report below.
About the Quality of Life Survey
Patients receive a survey invitation through the post around 18 months after their diagnosis. It takes five to 10 minutes to complete and questions cover physical and mental wellbeing such as the psychological impact of living with and beyond cancer.
Having completed the survey, patients will be able to print off their own Quality of Life scores as a summary and use it for discussions with healthcare professionals about their needs and areas where they are struggling.
Patients can find out more by visiting the Cancer Quality of Life Survey website. There is also a free helpline 0800 783 1775 to support patients to complete the survey and respond to any queries or difficulties.