CANCER CARE COORDINATORS

HOW THEY CAN HELP

Our Cancer Care Coordinators work across our practices to help patients who are directly and non-directly affected by cancer in their life, providing support and helping to manage their needs. Cancer Care Coordinators can:

• work with patients newly diagnosed with cancer and on the cancer register to deliver personalised care

• ensure patients receive a Cancer Care review in line with national defined timescales and targets

• help patients to manage their needs through answering queries, making and managing appointments

• support patients to understand their level of knowledge, skills and confidence when engaging with their health and wellbeing

• provide coordination and navigation for patients and their carers across health and care services, working closely with others who can support them

HOW TO SEE ONE

Our Cancer Care Coordinator will run searches to identify patients across our practices with new cancer diagnoses and reach out to them to offer them personalised care and support through their journey with cancer.

If you are struggling with the affects of cancer non-directly (i.e., affecting relatives in your family), then you can speak to the care-navigator at your GP practice and ask for our Cancer Care Coordinators to get back to you. This may not necessarily be a booked appointment.