NHS CANCER ROADSHOW COMES TO MACCLESFIELD

People in Macclesfield can have their say about cancer services, support and care at a roadshow in the town next month.

Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance (CMCA) will be meeting the public at a pop-up event on Wednesday, asking people of their experiences of cancer, so that they can influence how services and care are designed and delivered in the future.

People will also be asked if they want to become involved with the Alliance as a patient or carer representative. They will help the Alliance improve cancer services and care by becoming involved in one or more of the many opportunities available to champion the views of patients and carers.

The Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance roadshows, in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support, are running until the beginning of July, with sites at 10 central venues across the region and it will be at Grosvenor Shopping Centre from 9am to 5pm on Wednesday, July 6th.

Jo Trask, CMCA Health Inequalities and Patient Experience Lead, said: “We want to hear the views of Macclesfield people about cancer services in their area. We also want to listen to their experiences of their support and care.

“CMCA is an NHS organisation that brings together clinicians, the public and community organisations to deliver transformational projects and improve cancer services across the region.

“We design cancer services and we want local people to have more say in how these services are designed and delivered.”

The roadshow will also offer advice and information on cancer services and can direct people to further support and help.

Jo added: “If you, or someone you know, has been affected by cancer, please feel free to stop by and talk to us.”

For more information, please contact CMCA on 07554 942797 or via email:

ccf-tr.hipe@nhs.net.

Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance is responsible for cancer performance, quality and outcomes across Cheshire and Merseyside, bringing together organisations, patients and others affected by cancer to:

• Plan for and lead delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan ambitions for cancer, ensuring variation in outcomes is addressed and that improvements are made across whole pathways from prevention and diagnosis through to treatment and support for people living with cancer
• Drive improvements in patients’ experience of the care and treatment they receive
• Provide oversight and coordination to support delivery of the waiting times standards for cancer

We work closely with cancer services and people affected by cancer to achieve:

• Better Cancer Services by providing access to expertise and learning; leading change in care pathways, and in piloting new scientific innovations
• Better Cancer Care by sharing and building on good patient experience practice 
• Better Cancer Outcomes by increasing early detection, early diagnosis; enabling early access to cancer services and pathways, and ensuring cancer patients have access to the support they need to live long fulfilling lives beyond cancer

Our ambition is to:

• Increase the number of people each year who will survive for five years or more following their cancer diagnosis

• Work towards three in four cancers (75%) being diagnosed at an early stage where they are more likely to be treatable and continue to live a good quality of life following cancer

Pictured -  Jo Trask with the CMCA roadshow team.