The strategy focuses on five major goals for 2020:
- Significantly more men will survive prostate cancer
- Society will understand the key facts about prostate cancer and will act on that knowledge
- African Caribbean men and women will know more about prostate cancer and will act on that knowledge
- Inequalities in access to high quality prostate cancer services will be reduced
- People affected by prostate cancer will have their information and support needs addressed effectively
'Transforming the future for prostate cancer' sets out five major goals that the Charity believes need to be achieved for people affected by prostate cancer by 2020. These goals will be reached when everyone concerned - people affected by the disease, charities, health professionals, the NHS, researchers and supporters -moves in the same direction with a sense of united purpose.
The Prostate Cancer Charity, as the UK's leading voluntary organisation working with people affected by prostate cancer, has an essential role to play in leading the community to reach these 2020 goals. This document explains what the Charity will be doing from up to 2014 to achieve this. It explains where we will be providing services directly and where we will be working with others to secure the vital improvements we must see in men's experiences of prostate cancer.