Cancer Services Collaborative Improvement Partnership NHS Modernisation Agency
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gynaecology Service Improvement Guide
 
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Part of the work of the NHS Modernisation Agency, the Cancer Services Collaborative Improvement Partnership (CSC IP) is a national program designed to improve the way in which cancer services are provided. Its goal is to improve the experience and outcomes for patients with suspected or diagnosed cancer by optimising care delivery systems across the whole pathway of their care.
We offer practical approaches to delivering the improvement targets laid out in the Cancer Plan (2000). The CSC IP aims to:

  • provide certainty and choice for patients
  • pre-plan and pre-schedule care at times to suit patients
  • reduce unnecessary delays and restrictions on access
  • improve patient and carer experience
  • ensure that the patient receives the best care, in the best place, by the best person/team

This interactive CD ROM has been developed by the gynaecology tumour specific group of the CSC IP, as part of its work in sharing the ideas and solutions from local clinical teams.

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The CSC started in November 1999 (Phase I) with nine pilot networks and 51 projects expanding to involve all 34 cancer networks (Phase II) across England.

Building on the success of the earlier phases, the third phase of work from April 2003 involves working in partnership with all cancer networks to embed and sustain service improvement. This phase, known as "The Cancer Collaborative – Improvement Partnership" remains one of the priorities of the Modernisation Agency.

Integrating with the National Cancer Program under the direction of the National Cancer Director, Professor Mike Richards, the work will:

  • ensure patients and carers remain at the centre of redesigning processes enabling their views to form the basis of service improvement.
  • focus on all cancers in a network, building on the work done to date in breast, lung, gynaecology, urology and colorectal cancers. - Ensuring service improvement is integrated and sustained to provide long term benefits.
  • align the service improvement work to ensure it meets the local priorities identified by clinical teams, the cancer networks, strategic health authorities and primary care, through local delivery plans.
  • continue to support teams to use the collaborative methodology to improve services they deliver.

Contributors: the many members of staff, and patients, who are contributing to service improvement across the NHS.
 
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