Our colleagues and programme partners Staffs & Wolves Cancer Advocacy project have just published the post below on their own blog and Kath Curley project manager has kindly agreed to share it with us:
At last week’s Cancer Older People and Advocacy Programme Project Management Group Meeting Kathleen Gillett, from Dorset Macmillan Advocacy, gave a presentation on Macmillan’s Recovery Package.
The Recovery Package is a series of key interventions which, when delivered together, can greatly improve outcomes for people living with and beyond cancer.
The Recovery Package is made up of the following elements:
- A Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA) and care planning.
- A Treatment Summary completed at the end of each acute treatment phase
- A Cancer Care Review completed by the GP or practice nurse to discuss the person’s needs.
- An education and support event such as Health and Well-being Clinics.
Today, Collette Cooper and I met with Sarah Gorton, Macmillan Cancer Survivorship Project Manager, based at Royal Stoke Hospital, who has taken up a 2 year Macmillan funded project. Sarah is working with the CNSs, across Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, for 4 cancer sites:
- Head and Neck
- Brain
- Primary Bone
- Gynaecological
to implement an electronic Holistic Needs Assessment (eHNA) within these clinics as an integral part of the Recovery Package.
We discussed with Sarah where advocacy fits within the Package and that Advocates compliment and support the work the CNSs are doing. We hope this will lead to greater partnership and collaborative working with the health professionals.
Good luck Sarah!
Kath Curley, Staffs and Wolves Cancer Advocacy and Support Project Manager.
Older People Living with Cancer 