National cancer plan (2)

• Abstract
• Characteristics of this policy
• Purpose and process analysis
• Expected outcome
• References

Abstract

At the opening of Parliament on 5 October 2004 the Prime Minister announced that the Government wished to table a new National Cancer Plan aimed at bringing the treatment of cancer in Denmark in line with the highest international standards. At the request of the Ministry of the Interior and Health, the National Board of Health drew up National Cancer Plan II that was published in June 2005. Funding for the plan has been coming in steps in late 2005 (funding for more radiation) and in 2006.

Neue Entwicklungen

Innovationsgrad	traditionell		innovativ
Kontroversität	unumstritten		kontrovers
Strukturelle Wirkung	marginal		fundamental
Medienpräsenz	sehr gering		sehr hoch
Übertragbarkeit	sehr systemabhängig		systemneutral
current    previous

Purpose and process analysis

Current Process Stages

	Idee	Pilotprojekt	Strategiepapier	Gesetzgebung	Umsetzung	Evaluation	Veränderung/Richtungswechsel
Implemented in this survey?

Initiators of idea/main actors

• Regierung: The present government has continued the efforts of the previous social democratic government to bring cancer treatment in Denmark to an acceptable level compared to other countries.

• Parlament: The political parties in parliament all support the initiative - and urge for even more funding.

• Leistungserbringer

• Patienten, Verbraucher

Stakeholder positions

The purpose of National Cancer Plan II is to strengthen cancer prevention efforts and to improve the foundation for providing Danish cancer patients with diagnosis and treatment pathways that are implemented early, are experienced as coherent by the patients, and are of a high international standard. The plan makes medical recommendations in a number of areas where efforts need to be strengthened. 
The recommendations have broad support from all stakeholders and sufficient funding has been forthcoming in 2005 and 2006. The biggest challeng is to train more personel.

Actors and positions

Regierung
Government	sehr unterstützend		stark dagegen
Parliamentary support party	sehr unterstützend		stark dagegen
Parlament
Opposition parties	sehr unterstützend		stark dagegen
Leistungserbringer
Senior cancer consultants	sehr unterstützend		stark dagegen
Association of Counties	sehr unterstützend		stark dagegen
Patienten, Verbraucher
The Danish Cancer Society	sehr unterstützend		stark dagegen
current    previous

Influences in policy making and legislation

There is no formal legislation about the cancer plan.  However, some of the funding is explicitly mandated in the annual national budget that is voted on in parliament.  All proposals to increase funding have passed.

Legislative outcome

Enactment

Actors and influence

Regierung
Government	sehr groß		kein
Parliamentary support party	sehr groß		kein
Parlament
Opposition parties	sehr groß		kein
Leistungserbringer
Senior cancer consultants	sehr groß		kein
Association of Counties	sehr groß		kein
Patienten, Verbraucher
The Danish Cancer Society	sehr groß		kein
current    previous

Positions and Influences at a glance

Adoption and implementation

The plan is gradually being implemented and by and large follows the stipulated time plan.

Monitoring and evaluation

An evaluation is planned.

Expected outcome

This is an important step to increase the quality of cancer treatment in Denmark and to provide much needed increased capacity.  Denmark has been behind the international development and by this plan is gradually catching up.   

Impact of this policy

Qualität	kaum Einfluss		starker Einfluss
Gerechtigkeit	System weniger gerecht		System gerechter
Kosteneffizienz	sehr gering		sehr hoch
current    previous

References

Sources of Information

• The National Board of Health: National cancer plan II. Recommendations for improving cancer healthcare services. Copenhagen 2005 (downloadable from www.sst.dk/publ/Publ2005/PLAN/kraeftplan2/KraeftplanII_UK/KraeftplanII_UK_med.pdf
• Miscellaneous material from the Ministery of the Interior and Health 2005 and 2006 (all in Danish)

Reform formerly reported in

The National Cancer Action Plan Process Stages: Evaluation

Author/s and/or contributors to this survey

Kjeld Møller Pedersen

Empfohlene Zitierweise für diesen Online-Artikel:

Kjeld Møller Pedersen. "National cancer plan (2)". Health Policy Monitor, November 2006. Available at http://www.hpm.org/survey/dk/a8/5