NHS diagnoses one thousand cancers a day

Commenting on today’s new Cancer Registration Statistics, England 2024 data, which show a thousand people per day were diagnosed with cancer by the health service.

Professor Peter Johnson, NHS National Clinical Director for Cancer, said: “These new figures show the health service is moving in the right direction with NHS staff working hard to diagnose 1,000 people a day with cancer for the first time ever.

“NHS teams across the country are taking tests and checks closer to the people who need them, and with new treatments being developed all the time, we will continue to do all we can to get people seen and treated for cancer as early as possible.

“If you are invited for one of our screening programmes please take up the offer, and if you are worried about potential signs and symptoms of cancer, please contact your GP surgery without delay”

Background

• The NHS in England surpassed 1,000 cancer diagnoses a day in 2024 for the first time, according to the latest cancer registration statistics published today. [1,021, up from 972 a day in 2023].
• NHS figures show there was a total of 373,574 new cancer diagnosis in 2024, 11,833 more diagnosis than in 2023.
• Prostate remains the most diagnosed cancer with 61,115 new diagnoses in 2024 – 2,394 (4.1%) more than in 2023.