The London Lymphoedema Community of Practice (CoP) was established in 2018 to foster peer-to-peer support amongst lymphoedema practitioners and other interested parties and address shared needs across the professional lymphoedema community in London. To date, the group has delivered several key outputs, including revised commissioning guidance and the development of a service specification to raise […]
TCST is leading a workforce programme on the provision of care and treatment for people living with lymphoedema in the capital. The main objectives of the programme are: The programme team has established a Lymphoedema Service User Group to gain a better understanding of the needs of those living with lymphoedema. The first meeting took place in […]
A project to promote the use of Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) in hospital emergency departments is now running in north east London. The pilot project has gone live at the Partnership of East London Cooperatives (PELC) and Urgent Care Department at Queen’s Hospital. The local project team has so far recruited 25 patients with a […]
7 March 2024, 09:00 – 16:00 Join us at the CLCH Academy in central London for our first anniversary event, celebrating the success of the Cancer Community of Practice for London during its first year. Keynote speakers and topics are outlined below: Breaking Barriers and Bridging Health Disparities: Enhancing Cervical Screening Uptake and Expanding Access […]
8 February 2024, 12:00 – 13:00 Join our webinar, discussing the relevance of cancer genomics in primary care and what healthcare professionals need to know. Topics and key note speakers outlined below: Cancer Genomics – why is it relevant and what do we need to know in the primary care context?Dr Angela George (Medical Co-Director […]
On 18 September, NHS England launched another phase of the ‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign, focusing specifically on lung cancer symptoms. The campaign aims to increase knowledge of the key symptom of lung cancer – a cough that lasts three weeks or more – and encouraging those who have this symptom to contact their GP […]
TCST is launching a pan-London lymphoedema working group in collaboration with the Pan London Lymphoedema Community of Practice. The programme will build on the previous work addressing the needs of Londoners experiencing lymphoedema as a consequence of cancer treatment, and the workforce that deliver this essential service.Focus areas that the group will be responsible for taking forward […]
We’ll soon be kicking off a new project to improve the uptake of Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) in the Bengali community across north east London. Through the project, we’ll be working with staff at the Macmillan Centre at Newham Hospital to interview patients from the Bengali community who have been asked to undertake a FIT […]
Following discussion at the last meeting of the Primary Care and Community Education Group (PCCEG) in July and with other key stakeholders, there was agreement that: primary care and community education and training for personalised cancer care would be incorporated into the London Personalised Cancer Care Partnership Board; training for early diagnosis would be incorporated […]
A webinar discussing the role of FIT and how administrative staff can best support patients took place on 19 September.Produced by GatewayC and supported by TCST, NHS England and the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance Early Diagnosis Team, the webinar was attended by over 160 people from across England. Primary care specialists discussed the role of […]