114 The role of the Patient Cancer Care Coordinator in the Lung Cancer Pathway – reducing health inequalities and optimising patient access
Lung Cancer is known to be a complex and evolving tumour site across the cancer arena – necessitating an ever increasingly personalised response to care management and planning. In recognising this, the non-clinical Patient Cancer Care Coordinator (PCCC) role was established as one year pilot to support coordination of complex pathways and provide focused support for ‘hard to rea ch’ patients to reduce health inequalities.
Source: Lung Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Richard Sterry, Andrea Worsdale, Leah Taylor, Mark Weatherhead Tags: Nursing and Allied Health Professionals Source Type: research