London and South East Clinical Senates. Review of Proposed changes to children’s specialist cancer services Principal Treatment Centre serving Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, Kent and Medway, south London and most of Surrey – July 2023

On behalf of the London and South East Clinical Senates we are pleased to share the final joint Senates’ report of the proposed changes to the children’s specialist cancer services
Principal Treatment Centre Programme (PTC) serving Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, Kent and Medway, south London and most of Surrey.
We would like to thank our colleagues for their drive and passion to secure these improvements for patients. Significant work has been undertaken to develop these proposals which are grounded in national recommendations and best practice. Our thanks also to members of the review panel including national subject matter clinicians whose time and expertise have been invaluable.
The joint Clinical Senates’ review panel found that the proposals were grounded in evidence and best practice as outlined by Sir Mike Richards’ report on PTCs and subsequent service specifications.
They also identified several recommendations as the team move forwards which are detailed in the body of this report.