Tackling children and young people’s mental health waiting times
This blog spotlights children and young people’s mental health, drawing on Lord Darzi’s focus on bringing down mental health waiting times, and enhancing prevention in the community.
Local Authorities
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New evaluation highlights success of Community Chest model in enhancing local collaboration
Read more of: New evaluation highlights success of Community Chest model in enhancing local collaborationIn 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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After Action Reviews as a continuous quality and patient safety improvement tool
Read more of: After Action Reviews as a continuous quality and patient safety improvement toolBy 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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Additional Sarcoma diagnostic ‘spoke’ goes live at Bart’s Health
Read more of: Additional Sarcoma diagnostic ‘spoke’ goes live at Bart’s HealthA 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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Community Reach project launched in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support
Read more of: Community Reach project launched in partnership with Macmillan Cancer SupportEvidence 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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New dates set for national cancer waits guidance training
Read more of: New dates set for national cancer waits guidance trainingCancer 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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Forthcoming updates to Urgent Suspected Cancer referral forms for London
Read more of: Forthcoming updates to Urgent Suspected Cancer referral forms for LondonAt 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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Redesign of soft tissue sarcoma diagnostic pathway for London
Read more of: Redesign of soft tissue sarcoma diagnostic pathway for LondonSince 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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London Cancer Community of Practice celebrates 1st anniversary with special event
Read more of: London Cancer Community of Practice celebrates 1st anniversary with special eventThe 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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NEL Fuller system response
Read more of: NEL Fuller system responseOrganisation: 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 […]