Website: NHS Cancer Programme
This interactive web-based resource has been developed to improve access to cancer statistics across England. It aims to provide health care professionals, commissioners, health service managers and the public with information on incidence, mortality and survival for the common types of cancers in men and women.
(National Cancer Intelligence Network)
The National Cancer Action Team (NCAT) have been working proactively with partner organisations (Department of Health; National Workforce Review Team; Rehabilitation Specialist Interest Groups and Royal Colleges, Commissioners and National Cancer Network Lead AHP Forum Members) and practitioners to raise the profile and improve the provision of rehabilitation services for cancer and palliative care patients in line with National Guidance. Cancer rehabilitation content on the NHS Cancer programme website includes:
(NHS Cancer Programme for England, 2009)
Website dedicated to the provision of high quality resources which aim to enhance the understanding and the skills of health professionals and others concerned with the care of cancer patients. This site provides free courses, discussion and news for nurses about cancer.
(CancerNursing.org)
The Cancer Plan has achieved impressive results since it was published in 2000. However, demographic trends, new treatments, increasing survival rates and reforms in the NHS have altered the context in which cancer services operate. Cancer Research UK commissioned this paper to explore how cancer policy should evolve in response to these changes. Using a literature review and interviews with ten experts on different aspects of cancer, this report aims to stimulate debate about the next steps for cancer services in England.
(King's Fund, August 2006)
The manual contains recommendations for the NHS in England and Wales.
Cancer service guidance supports the implementation of The NHS Cancer Plan for England, and the NHS Plan for Wales Improving Health in Wales. The service guidance programme was initiated in 1995 to follow on from the Calman-Hine Report, A Policy Framework for Commissioning Cancer Services. The focus of the cancer service guidance is to guide the commissioning of services and is therefore different from clinical practice guidelines. Health services in England and Wales have organisational arrangements in place for securingimprovements in cancer services and those responsible for their operation should take this guidance into account when planning, commissioning and organising services for cancer patients. The recommendations in the guidanceconcentrate on aspects of services that are likely to have significant impact on health outcomes. Both the objectives and resource implications of implementing the recommendations are considered. This guidance can be used to identify gaps in local provision and to check the appropriateness of existing services.
(National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, March 2004)
The Macmillan Quality Environment Mark (Macmillan QEM) is a framework for assessing whether facilities meet the standards required by people living with cancer and will aim to measure excellence across a series of key performance indicators shaped by people living with and beyond cancer.
Developed in collaboration with more than 400 people living with cancer and stakeholders, including the Department of Health, the scheme has assessed and awarded the Macmillan QEM to 14 beacon sites.
(Macmillan Cancer Support, 03 February 2010)
Marie Curie Nurses provide free nursing care to cancer patients and those with other terminal illnesses in their own homes.
(Marie Curie Cancer Care)
Healthcare at home provides nursing support for chemotherapy at home. The Oral Oncology Therapy Service enables cancer specialists to offer appropriate patients the choice of home nursing and/or home delivery for some or all of their treatment. Based on our extensive experience of treating patients with oral oncology therapies, our new service is designed to ensure the safe use of oral oncology therapy in line with the requirements of the National Patient Safety Agency circular (NPSA/2008/RRR001) and seeks to ensure quality patient education and support in accordance with the Cancer Measures 2004.
(Healthcare at Home)
Keep Improving The Experience - KITE. The site is an information resource site for the standards, providing details on the processes and aims of Practice Accreditation.
Site is being updated - temporarily unavailable.
(General Practice / Duncan Leith , 2007)
