Members of the Network

Partner Organisations | Professional Associations | NCRI Partnership

Partner Organisations

We are a network of organisations working across the UK, including cancer registries, the NHS and health departments, cancer charities, research funders and other organisations with an interest in using information to improve outcomes for cancer patients. The Network is co-ordinated by a small NCRAS National Co-ordinating Team.

Funding Organisations

• Department of Health
• Cancer Research UK
• Macmillan Cancer Support
• Medical Research Council

UK Cancer Registries

• National Cancer Registration Service (NCRS)
• Northern Ireland Cancer Registry
• Scottish Cancer Registry
• Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit

Statistical and Analytical Organisations

• Cancer Research UK Statistics Team
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Cancer Research UK Cancer Survival Group
• National Cancer Services Analysis Team
• NHS Information Centre
• Office for National Statistics

Other partners

• National End of Life Care Intelligence Network
• Breakthrough Breast Cancer
• NHS Cancer Screening Programmes

Professional Associations

NCRAS works closely with the UK and Ireland Association of Cancer Registry.

Members of the NCRI Partnership

Current members of NCRI have all demonstrated that they have an annual cancer research spend in the UK in excess of £1million, and have an appropriate peer-review system for ensuring the scientific quality of the research they fund. NCRI members are obliged to provide full, publishable, details of the cancer research they fund to the NCRI for inclusion on the NCRI Cancer Research Database, and contribute to the development and implementation of cancer research strategies in the UK.

A list of members is available from the NCRI website.