Northern Cancer Alliance Patient Engagement Involvement Jo Mackintosh

Northern Cancer Alliance Patient Engagement & Involvement Jo Mackintosh – Engagement & Co Design Project Manager 13 th December 2017

What is a Cancer Alliance? • A Cancer Alliance is simply a way of organising local stakeholders to improve cancer outcomes for patients. • Cancer Alliances do not remove the statutory responsibilities of individual organisations. • Their aim is to increase cancer survival rates. • There are 16 Cancer Alliances in England. • In addition, 3 National Cancer Vanguards “testing” potential new ways to deliver cancer services in the future. www. england. nhs. uk www. necn. nhs. uk 2

Cancer Alliances must take the following into account: • Meaningful patient engagement and involvement. • Health inequalities, reducing variation and improving patient experience wherever possible. • Strong emphasis on how working together as organisations and across organisational boundaries supporting local areas to carry out their programme of work. www. england. nhs. uk www. necn. nhs. uk 3

Cancer Taskforce Strategy • A taskforce consisting of national experts was asked to deliver the vision set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View. • The strategy is called Achieving world-class cancer outcomes: a strategy for England 2015 -2020 and was published in July 2015. • The aim of this strategy is to prevent as many people as possible from experiencing cancer and improve survival rates of those with cancer. • Cancer Alliances are responsible for carrying out a programme of work to improve outcomes agreed by the National Cancer Transformation Board www. england. nhs. uk www. necn. nhs. uk 4

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NCA Delivery Plan • NCA has produced a work plan covering 2017 - 21. • The aim of the plan is to address a improve cancer outcomes with a number of key objectives. • Objectives include; increasing uptake of screening: especially within more vulnerable groups and offering all patients and their families ‘living with and beyond’ cancer support to live well. • A key part of the plan is the involvement of patients and the wider public. www. england. nhs. uk www. necn. nhs. uk 6

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Patient & Public Voices • Integral to the improvement of cancer outcomes in our region is the involvement of patient and the wider public. • This can involve a number of approaches including representation at key meetings and active involvement in service redesign and improvement in partnership with health professionals. • NCA currently have a number of opportunities available for patients and the wider public to become involved in improving cancer outcomes in our region. • There are local opportunities to join the Cancer Patient and Carer Group. www. england. nhs. uk www. necn. nhs. uk 8

Thank you for your time and attention today – do you have any questions or comments? For further information relating to involvement opportunities please contact Jo Mackintosh: Joannemackintosh@nhs. net Mobile: 07730379671 www. england. nhs. uk