The Transforming Cancer Services Team for London and the London Living with and Beyond Cancer Board are pleased to host a Cancer Care Review consultation event on the 29th October 13:00 – 17:15 at the Grand Connaught Rooms, Holborn.    

More and more people are surviving cancer but London continues to have the poorest outcomes in the UK. The 2014 Cancer Patient Experience Survey showed the some of the lowest scored questions in London were related to support to patients with cancer and their families after discharge. The Nuffield Trust (2014) has reported that:

• 15 months after diagnosis, people with cancer have 60% more accident and emergency (A&E) attendances
• 97 per cent more emergency admissions
• 4 times as many outpatient attendances and nearly six times more elective admissions than expected.
• A similar pattern is seen for GP visits, with cancer survivors having 50% more contact with their GPs than expected 15 months after diagnosis. 

Furthermore, the QOF data for Cancer Care Reviews (CAN002) is highly variable across the region and we need to reduce this variation in terms of quality and the number of reviews conducted. 

With this in mind, the pan London Living with and Beyond Cancer Board have developed a vision of cancer as a long term condition that supports the pan London primary care transformation framework and the Five Year Forward View to enhance quality of life for people with long term conditions.  A pragmatic model for the delivery of Cancer Care Reviews at the end of active treatment will be presented and you will be given the opportunity to provide feedback for the attention of the London Cancer Commissioning Board. 

 The objectives of the event will include:

• Setting the scene for cancer as a long term condition
• Outline current gaps in Recovery Package for cancer patients
• Current gaps in primary care management of cancer patients
• Launch the pan-London Cancer Care Review (CCR) proposed model
• Breakout tables to discuss routes/barriers for implementation ith local decision makers
• Collect feedback to inform the final proposal

In order to have an open discussion regarding cancer as a long term condition and supporting patients in primary care, we are keen to ensure attendance from the following areas of London:

• West Essex
• Outer North London (Barking & Dagenham, Redbridge and Havering)
• North Central London
• Waltham Forest and East London and City
• South East London
• South West London
• North West London

Places are limited but we would like to ensure good clinical and commissioning decision makers from each sector including GPs, cancer leads, practice nurses, patients and commissioning managers.

 Agenda

13:00 – 13:40      Lunch and registration

13:45 – 14:00      Welcome

14:00 – 14:30      Living with and Beyond Cancer: the strategy for London

14:30 – 15:00      Proposed Cancer Care Review model

15:00 – 15:15      Q&A

15:15 – 15:25      Tea/coffee break

15:25 – 16:25      Table discussion: consultation on CCR proposal

16:25 – 17:00      Feedback from table discussion

17:00 – 17:15      Next steps and close

We hope the event is of interest to you; please do not hesitate to get in touch with any questions.

Kind regards

Transforming Cancer Services Team for London

Email:    secsu.tcstlondon@nhs.net  

Direct:  020 3049 4359

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 Twitter: @tcst_london

TCST is part of the Healthy London Partnership, a collaboration between all London CCGs and NHS England London region to support the delivery of better health in London.