On this page, you’ll find a directory of cancer screening resources providing information, advice and guidance for health and social care professionals and people in caring and supporting roles, to aid conversation with their patients and service users. The directory is divided into 3 main sections for the three NHS cancer screening programmes: bowel, breast and cervical. […]
4-8 March is Lymphoedema Awareness Week – a condition that affects around 430,000 people across the UK. Lymphoedema affects the way the lymphatic system works and can be caused by a wide range of factors, including a side effect of some cancer treatments. In London alone, it’s estimated that between 50,000 – 60,000 people are […]
4 February marked World Cancer Day, an annual global campaign calling for equal access to life-saving cancer diagnosis, treatment and care for all. Research commissioned by Macmillan Cancer Support shows that people living with cancer in London report worse experiences of cancer care when compared to other areas of England[1]. This figure is higher still […]
Primary Care Cancer Educational Resources The purpose of this toolkit is to provide education information to practitioners across London in terms of screening, early diagnosis and personalised cancer care to highlight to the five Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) the gaps in cancer training and education.
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 […]
Acknowledgement: This MDS spreadsheet has been adapted from the work done by Kay Morris, Ireland and the BLS MDS form.
Since the publication of TCST’s original guidance in 2016, there has been an increase in the lymphoedema workforce in north east, south east and south west London. In contrast, there has been a decrease in staffing in north central and north west London, with the latter now being identified as a top priority for the […]
2023 has been a busy year for us at Transformation Partners in Health and Care. Our work has won awards, been highlighted as good practice in government policy papers, and saved lives through training initiatives such as Thrive London’s Zero Suicide programme. Read a selection of our achievements below. January Great Mental Health Day Thrive […]
SELCA recently launched a new education resource to support primary care professionals to identify patients who require an urgent suspected cancer referral. The online resource will comprise of seven bitesize modules, each focusing on a specific cancer or group of cancers, and can be completed within 10 minutes. The first module on myeloma was released […]
TCST recently worked with colleagues from St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to develop a demand and capacity modelling approach for chemotherapy services. The initial project scope was to better understand demand for the trust chemotherapy service over the previous three years to explore concerns around lack of capacity and a reliance on overtime. […]