Cancer Services Collaborative Improvement Partnership

Introduction

How to Use the Guide

Top Twelve Challenges

All Resources/Case Studies
Challenges:
1. Do MDT meetings work?
2. Does your MDT have a suitable environment in which to meet?
3. Does your MDT have an operational policy in place, which is reviewed annually and distributed to all members of the team?
4. Are you able to discuss al patients at your MDT meeting?
5. How can you improve communication by using the MDT meeting?
6. Are the key members of the team, as described in the Manual of Cancer Standards, able to attend the meetings?
7. Do you have protocols and proformas for recording discussions, decisions, and treatment plans for each patient?
8. Why do you need an MDT meeting co-ordinator?
9. Should the MDT meeting be used to facilitate data collection and audit?
10. Can the MDT meeting be used to facilitate entry into clinical trials?
11. How does your MDT involve patients?
12. How can we integrate Service Improvement?

5. How can you improve communication by using the MDT meeting.

Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Dorset - A single chemotherapy referral form developed to improve referral from all tumour teams.

It was found that there was no official documentation or referral form for any of the tumour sites to use when requesting chemotherapy. To prevent patients being lost in the system a single referral form has been developed which can be sent to one dedicated fax machine in the chemotherapy department. A senior chemotherapy sister discusses the referrals daily with the oncologist.

Contact - Royal Bournemouth Hospital

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