Cancer Services Collaborative Improvement Partnership - MDT

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 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?

8. Why do you need an MDT meeting co-ordinator?

	Resources	Case Studies
Generic	Job Descriptions: - MDT meeting Facilitator. - MDT meeting Administrator. - MDT meeting Co-Ordinator. - Pathway Coordinator. - MDT meeting Facilitator.	Therapy radiographers attend the MDT meeting for their own education but are then able to plan treatment dates for patients. Appointment of MDT co-ordinators in every Trust.
Gynaecology		Gynae-oncology co-ordinator streamlines meetings and acts as a link between cancer unit and centre.
Colorectal	Cross-checking Colorectal patients by the MDT meeting co-ordinator.
UGI		The running and streamlining of the UGI service is improved by the appointment of a Service Co-ordinator. The MDT co-ordinator deals with all booking requests made during the MDT meeting.