Part 1: Health Service in England: Integration, Collaboration and Other Changes NHS England Section 5: NHS England mandate: cancer outcome targets
Section 55 adds a further requirement to section 13A of the NHS Act 2006, relating to the content of the mandate. Specifically, it requires the Secretary of State to include objectives relating to cancer outcomes in the mandate.
	Section 55(2) inserts a new subsection (2A) in section 13A, providing that the mandate must include objectives relating to outcomes for cancer patients. It further sets out that these objectives should be treated by NHS England as having priority over any other objectives included in the mandate that relate specifically to cancer.