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  1. New evaluation highlights success of Community Chest model in enhancing local collaboration  

    In an exciting new initiative to enhance community support and collaboration, TPHC has engaged Care City to conduct an independent evaluation of the Community Chest model in Tower Hamlets and Barking & Dagenham.   This evaluation spotlights the programme’s impressive success in strengthening connections between local authorities, the NHS and the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise […]

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  2. After Action Reviews as a continuous quality and patient safety improvement tool

    By Alkmini Petraki, Assistant Director NHS England defines patient safety as the ‘‘avoidance of unintended or unexpected harm to people during the provision of health care.’’ Mistakes in healthcare can lead to potentially life-threatening or life-altering risks to patient safety. As such healthcare providers are tasked with a challenge of the upmost importance – to […]

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  3. Additional Sarcoma diagnostic ‘spoke’ goes live at Bart’s Health

    A new diagnostic pathway has been developed for adult soft tissue sarcoma referrals in London, using a Hub and Spoke service model. The ‘hubs’ will be delivered at tertiary services providing treatment and clinical oversight. The Hubs are the Royal Marsden Hospital (RMH) and the London Sarcoma Service, which is a joint service between the Royal […]

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  4. Community Reach project launched in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support

    Evidence shows that certain marginalised groups in London are not being reached by cancer care surveys and are not engaging in universally offered opportunities to share their experiences and needs. As a result, their needs are not being reflected in personalised cancer care interventions or in service improvements across the cancer system. To tackle this […]

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  5. New dates set for national cancer waits guidance training

    Cancer waits guidance training has got off to a flying start in 2024 with two sessions delivered in February and further dates scheduled for April. Cancer waits will continue to be a priority within healthcare and TCST is continuing to offer the training in collaboration with London Cancer Alliances to support accessible standardisation of cancer […]

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  6. Forthcoming updates to Urgent Suspected Cancer referral forms for London

    At the end of 2023, a London-wide review of the Urgent Suspected Cancer (USC) referral forms was carried out, inviting both primary and secondary care colleagues to provide feedback and comments. Updates have now been completed and the forms are now being tested by a team of pan-London GP IT Champions. The new forms are […]

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  7. Redesign of soft tissue sarcoma diagnostic pathway for London

    Since January 2022, The Transforming Cancer Services Team (TCST) has supported NHS England London Region and the London and South East Sarcoma Network (LSESN) to redesign the soft tissue sarcoma diagnostic pathway. We are delighted that, as a collaboration, we had the opportunity to present at two sarcoma conferences this year; the Bone Cancer Research […]

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  8. London Cancer Community of Practice celebrates 1st anniversary with special event

    The London Cancer Community of Practice (CoP) hosted a celebratory event on 7 March at the CLCH Academy to mark it’s one-year anniversary. The event, which was co-designed with CoP members and patient partners, was attended by leaders from NHS England and colleagues from across a range of professions, including General Practice and Community Nurses, […]

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  9. NEL Fuller system response 

    Organisation: North East London Integrated Care Partnership North East London’s Integrated Care Partnership (NEL ICP), with its richly diverse communities, serves one of the most deprived populations in the country. Health and care systems face numerous challenges including rising demand, stretched capacity, fragmented structures and widening inequalities, further impacted by varying (often poorer) health and care outcomes within and […]

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  10. Meeting the mental health needs of care leavers: full guidance report

    Introduction This guidance document sets out key considerations for local authorities and Integrated Care Boards in commissioning and providing support for young people who are leaving care. For the purpose of this document the young people under consideration are those for whom local authorities have responsibilities under the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000, as amended […]

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