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NHS Gives Women HPV Home Testing Kits To Cut Cancer Deaths

More than 31,000 women will be offered kits to carry out smear tests in the privacy and convenience of their own homes in a trial, NHS England has announced.

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Cancer as a Long Term Condition: local training delivery packs

TCST has been working with a number of key organisation including HEE, Macmillan and Tower Hamlets Local Authority to produce these train the trainer slide packs.

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Commissioning guidance for lymphoedema

Commissioning Guidance for Lymphoedema Services for Adults Living with and Beyond Cancer 2020 – Guidance for commissioners to improve the quality of life for people with lymphoedema in London.

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London personalised care for cancer: KPIs

Transforming Cancer Services Team, Macmillan Cancer Support, North Central & East London Cancer Alliance, RM Partners and South East London Cancer Alliance have developed regional key performance indicators (KPIs).

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Personalised care for cancer – what happens next in London?

Do you know how many people there are living in London who have had a cancer diagnosis? At December 2017, it was enough people to fill Wembley Stadium two and a half times (about 232,000).

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Partnership Working for Primary and Community Care Education Group (PCCEG)

This toolkit was developed in collaboration with partners who are members of the Primary Care Cancer and Education Group (PCCEG).

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Psychosocial Support

The Transforming Cancer Services Team (TCST), funded and in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support, has produced a suite of resources to help system leaders and commissioners examine and develop their current psychosocial support services for adults affected by cancer, as well as their families and carers.

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What a faster cancer diagnosis will mean for Londoners

Diagnosis of cancer can be a life changing event giving way to complex emotions and uncertainty about what is to come. Waiting to hear if you have cancer can also cause a significant amount of fear, worry and stress.

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About the Transforming Cancer Services team

Our vision All Londoners* have access to world class care before and after a cancer diagnosis Our mission As a trusted and expert partner, we drive delivery of world class cancer outcomes through collaboration, commissioning support, clinical leadership, education and engagement

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TCST resources

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Cancer Educational Events

Calendar of events populated with Charities, Cancer Alliance and CCGs/STP educational and training events.

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