Areas for focus
Central Bedfordshire Council:
- Increased awareness by the commissioners of those patients with poor health and disability as a result of side effects of cancer treatment
- Increased use of the Lifestyle hubs for cancer patients to improve lifestyle factors
- Continued emphasis on the delivery of an effective stop smoking service
Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group
- Increase awareness of GPs and BCCG of patients with poor health and disability as a result of side effects of cancer treatment
- Increase the referrals to cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation programmes on behalf of patients with cancer
- Continued emphasis on the delivery of an effective stop smoking service
- Promotion and evaluation of the GP cancer practice profiles within primary care by the Macmillan GP and partners to improve the cancer pathway
- Close working with both the Clinical Networks under NHS England to improve outcomes for Bedfordshire residents
- Establishing links with user and hard to reach groups to increase early diagnosis
Last updated Tuesday, 25th July 2017