NHSOF 1.6.ii: Five-Year Survival from All Cancers in Children

UK data measuring the proportion of children diagnosed with any cancer in a year who are still alive five years after diagnosis. This indicator attempts to capture the success of the NHS in preventing child cancer deaths. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service under an Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking NHS performance in pediatric cancer care based on the five-year survival metric.
• Analyzing trends in childhood cancer survival rates over time.
• Comparing cancer outcomes across different demographic or geographic groups within the UK.

Strengths

• Focuses on a clear, policy-relevant health indicator for pediatric cancer.
• Data is provided by an official government source (Government Digital Service).
• Available in common, accessible file formats (Excel and CSV).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and temporal coverage are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely compiled from national cancer registry and NHS records.

Time Range

Annual measurements, specific years not stated.

Freshness

Update frequency is annual, with a version due in May-18.

Geography

United Kingdom (implied by NHS focus)