Macmillan Information Outreach Project
What are we working on?
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 25 Primary Care Cancer Champions across Northamptonshire Click here to find out which Practices have Primary Care Cancer Champions and to find out more.
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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 .
What is the Macmillan Information Outreach Project?
The Macmillan Information & Support Centres across Northamptonshire want to understand how to improve the support for people living with and beyond Cancer in Northamptonshire.
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Finding out what is already available for people affected by Cancer in Northamptonshire
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Connecting with community leaders, especially those who work with seldom heard groups
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Seeking out people with lived experience of Cancer to interview about what they think would improve the access to Information and Support
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Seeking out people with lived experience of Cancer to be part of our Project Steering Group
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Using Health data for Northamptonshire to help the Steering Group make informed decisions.