# Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire Cancer Alliance

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## TL;DR

The NHS England Cancer Alliance for Somerset, Wiltshire, Bristol, Bath, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire: the partnership that plans and improves cancer services across its hospitals, GPs and community services.

## Summary

One of the 20 Cancer Alliances set up by NHS England from 2016, following the Independent Cancer Taskforce strategy, to bring together the hospital trusts, integrated care boards, primary care, hospices and charities serving Somerset, Wiltshire, Bristol, Bath, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire. Alliances lead local delivery of the NHS cancer ambitions: earlier diagnosis (including rapid diagnostic centres and targeted lung health checks), the Faster Diagnosis Standard, personalised care and follow-up, and workforce and pathway improvement. They hold transformation funding from NHS England and publish local performance and improvement plans.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-09
- Also known as: SWAG Cancer Alliance
- Tags: nhs-cancer-alliance
- City: Bristol, GB
- Type: consortium
- Website: https://www.swagcanceralliance.nhs.uk/

## Sources

- Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire Cancer Alliance: https://www.swagcanceralliance.nhs.uk/
- NHS England: Cancer Alliances: https://www.england.nhs.uk/cancer/cancer-alliances-improving-care-locally/

## Connected records

- fronts: [Early Detection & Screening](https://onco.cc/fronts/early-detection/)
- technologies: [Low-dose CT lung screening](https://onco.cc/technologies/low-dose-ct-screening/)
- institutions: [Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre](https://onco.cc/institutions/bristol-haematology-oncology-centre/), [Peninsula Cancer Alliance](https://onco.cc/institutions/peninsula-cancer-alliance/)

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