Macmillan Information Outreach Project

June 2025

​We have managed to secure a local screening of:

Unseen Unheard - a free local screening of an informative play about Black Women's Experience of Breast Cancer. Open to all. Followed by a panel discussion with local experts, such as a women with lived experience of breast cancer, a Breast Cancer Nurse and an Oncology Consultant. 

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10th July 18:00 at Wellingborough African Caribbean Association.

Click here to book: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BMSMSZL

 

 

 

 

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To find out more click here: Breaking Barriers: The Powerful Play ‘Unseen Unheard’ Gives Voice to Black Women with Breast Cancer

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We also held our 2nd Primary Care Cancer Champion Community Club. We currently have 50 Primary Care Cancer Champions, covering over 70% of Doctors Surgeries in Northamptonshire. Click here to find out more.   

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May 2025

The Teapots have arrived..... watch this space as we are working on a short video to promote them and it will have some familiar faces in.​

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March 2025

I have been promoting the You Said...We Did newsletter to the public and also to Healthcare colleagues.

 

We have also been raising awareness of the Primary Care Cancer Champions scheme which is now in over 60% of Doctors Surgeries in Northamptonshire. 

Read this short blog about the scheme

 

​​​​​​​January 2025

We have created a 'You said... we did (or plan to do)' Newsletter. A HUGE thank you to all those involved in the Patient Led Steering Group so far, we couldn't have achieved this without you. Click here to read it

 

November 2024

We now have 34 Primary Care Cancer Champions across Northamptonshire, covering over 50% of Doctors Practices. Click here to find out which Practices have Primary Care Cancer Champions and to find out more

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We held our first Primary Care Cancer Champions (PCCC) Community club which was a chance for all the PCCCs to come together to share, learn and celebrate.  

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Macmillan Information & Support Teams across Northamptonshire were asked to present for Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust's  (NHFT) Enable Network meeting.

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October 2024

454 people completed the survey for people with lived experience of Cancer & their carers or loved ones. The data is now being analysed to help the Patient Led Steering Group to make some important decisions about pilots to improve Cancer Information and Support. 

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We now have 28 Primary Care Cancer Champions across Northamptonshire.

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The poll for the new service promotion teapot flyer has now closed. Click here to find out which design won and to read more about the teapots

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August 2024

We currently have 15 people from Primary Care across Northamptonshire who have completed all the steps to becoming a Primary Care Cancer Champion. ​​

 

We have been promoting the Survey for people with lived experience of Cancer & their carers or loved ones.

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​​​​​​We have also launched our voting boxes ​to vote for a new service promotion flyer shaped in a teapot..... ​​​

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​July 2024

The first Primary Care Cancer Champions​ Workshops were held with 70% of Northamptonshire practices represented and 62 colleagues attended. 

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The Survey for people with lived experience of Cancer & their carers or loved ones is now live. 

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June 2024

The Macmillan Information Outreach Primary Care Survey Report was distributed along with opportunity to book onto a workshop to become a Primary Care Cancer Champion.

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May 2024

The Patient Led Steering Group are working towards producing a Cancer Information and Support experiences survey and also developing a new promotional flyer in the shape of a teapot. 

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March 2024

We set up a Patient Led Steering Group to work collaboratively with People with Lived Experience of Cancer and their carers or loved ones. We also included colleagues from Primary Care, Social Prescribers, Council and Macmillan Professionals. 

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Feb 2024

We sent out a Survey of Cancer Information and Support in Primary Care .