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Wessex Strategic Clinical Networks
The implementation
implementation of treatment summaries for
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Wessex
Purpose
Purpose // Background
Background
The purpose of this project is to implement treatment summaries for all cancer patients across Wessex. Treatment summaries are a key component of survivorship, providing information in an
The purpose of this project is to implement treatment summaries for all cancer patients across Wessex. Treatment summaries are a key component of survivorship,
accessible format supporting early recognition by patients and primary care of cancer consequences, enabling early intervention.
providing information in an accessible format supporting early recognition by patients and primary care of cancer consequences, enabling early intervention.
The
National
Cancer
Patient
Experience
undertaken
in 2013
showed
nationally
only reported
22percent
patients
reported
they received
a written
assessment
and
The National
Cancer
Patient
Experience
SurveySurvey
undertaken
in 2013 showed
nationally
only
22% of patients
thatofthey
received
a writtenthat
assessment
and care plan.
Analysis
across Wessex
care plan. Analysis across Wessex highlighted that on average 19 percent of patients received a written assessment and care plan.
Approach
Approach
Secondary Care
The
Patient &
and
Primary
Care
The Patient
Primary
Care
Secondary Care
Treatment summary
setset
upup
to to
oversee
thisthis
project
• Treatment
summarysub
subgroup
group
oversee
project

Information
Cancer
Treatment
Information
onon
Cancer
Treatment
• Advising
andworking
working
with
CCGs
specialist
Advising and
with
CCGs
andand
specialist
commissioners
commissioners
Sharing best practice, knowledge, ideas and expertise
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• Sharing best practice, knowledge, ideas and expertise
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Service user focus groups to gain patient views
• Service user focus groups to gain patient views

Communication events planned across Wessex to bring
• Communication events planned across Wessex to bring
together primary
care
colleagues
andand
together
primaryand
andsecondary
secondary
care
colleagues
commissioners.
commissioners.
‘I find it crazy that it even happens
where something is sent to the GP
and not to you as a patient.’
Service user.
Outcomes
Outcomes
Stakeholder engagement
and
buy
in has
been
achieved
• Stakeholder
engagement
and
buy
in has
been
achieved

Summaries have
9 local
CCG
commissioning
intentions
for 2014-15
• Summaries
havebeen
beenincluded
includedinin7 7out
outofof
9 local
CCG
commissioning
intentions
for 2014-15

• CQUIN
for treatment
treatmentsummaries
summariesincluded
included
within
plans
for 2015-16
CQUIN for
within
CCGCCG
plans
for 2015-16

• Treatment
summaryguidance
guidanceproduced
produced
and
shared
across
Wessex
Treatment summary
and
shared
across
Wessex

‘I might have received a treatment summary but not known
that’s what it was.’
‘I sometimes feel they believe you
are not able to accept information
like that. I think that is a very old
fashioned approach almost like you
don’t need to worry about that.’
Service user.
Service user.
• GP
conducted which included a review of the receipt and quality of treatment
GP audit
audit conducted
summaries


Service user focus groups held in 2 areas across Wessex
• Service user focus groups held in 2 areas across Wessex

Sample treatment summary template developed using E-Prescribing system
• Sample treatment summary template developed using E-Prescribing system
more
information
on this
project
please
ForFor
more
information
on this project
please
contact:
Junecontact:
Davis, Macmillan Allied Health Professional SCN
June
Davis, Macmillan
Allied
Professional
SCN Lead,
[email protected]
or
Lead,
[email protected]
or Sue
Airey,Health
Macmillan
treatment summary
engagement
lead, [email protected]
Sue Airey, Macmillan treatment summary engagement lead, [email protected]