Cancer services
We offer a community-focused service that enables chemotherapy and oncology services to move out of hospital and into a community setting, maximising patient convenience, experience and outcomes.
Our nurses work locally to integrate services, identify patients and ensure a seamless service for patients and clinicians between hospital and the community. The service centralises core administrative functions wherever possible to improve outcomes, productivity and measurement.
This is a well established, proven clinical service model currently operating in 150 NHS trusts to provide oral oncology services and IV cancer services to patients in the community.
Key features
Specialist oncology team
- Fully qualified, fully employed, oncology nurse team providing local, personalised care Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, supported by a 24/7 on-call service.
- Clinical assessment at every stage of the treatment with patients taking a 12-weekly MUGA / cardiac assessment and other clinical assessment where indicated.
- Proactive work with local oncologists, nurse specialists and pharmacists as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Compounding and Dispensing
- National compounding and dispensing facility for chemotherapy and targeted therapies.
- National, temperature-regulated delivery and secure storage of medicines.
- Support around the selection of appropriate treatment regimens and assessment of patient suitability for community-based care.
- In-house oncology pharmacist as part of the governance team.
The service is underpinned by our Care Bureau, a data hub and telehealth centre that supports the clinical service models by synching clinical homecare and pharmaceutical home delivery and rapid response.
Read more about how it improves treatments and reduces costs
