Rapid Cancer Diagnostic Services (RCDS) offer a fast-tracked and person-centred diagnostics pathway.
A pathway is a structured process that guides people from one point of care to another, ensuring timely, coordinated, and appropriate care. The pathway is for patients with non-specific symptoms who may have cancer.
We are undertaking a scalability assessment. This will identify best practice and determine if the service should be scaled across Scotland.
Scotland’s first RCDSs were established in 2021. For additional information please visit Centre for Sustainable Delivery.
For further information, contact his.improvingaccess@nhs.scot.
Scottish rapid cancer diagnostic services
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Key principles
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Next steps
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