Description
Reviewing our service locations: specialist cancer doctor, nurse or clinician outpatient appointments for adult patients who are receiving non-surgical treatments for cancer in South Yorkshire, Bassetlaw and North Derbyshire.
One in two people will develop some form of cancer in their lifetime. That’s why our specialist cancer doctors, nurses and other clinicians are here for you and the people you love and care for. They are the senior doctors, nurses and other clinicians who meet with patients to discuss and agree treatment options, to review how treatment is going, and to plan future treatments.
This survey is about ‘outpatient’ appointments with specialist cancer doctors, nurses and other clinicians for patients receiving non-surgical treatments for cancer, such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy. In the past, there were enough of these specialist cancer clinicians in our area for them to see patients at five of our local hospitals for these appointments:
In order to improve this for patients we reduced the number of places our specialist cancer clinicians see patients with some types of cancer. We did this because reducing the number of locations that the specialist cancer doctors had to travel to meant they had more time to see more patients.
For example, at the moment, breast cancer patients go for outpatient appointments at either Breathing Space in Rotherham, or Weston Park Hospital in Sheffield. These changes improved the availability of doctors and reduced the possibility of patient appointments being delayed or cancelled.
The changes had no impact on treatments for cancer, such as chemotherapy, which continues to be provided at local hospitals.
The temporary changes to outpatient appointments have been in place for some time. Now, we are reviewing where we provide these appointments for all non-surgical cancer patients. We want to hear from patients, carers, local residents, and staff, so we can be sure we’ve taken their views into account.
Your view matters
We want to hear from:
This survey is about ‘outpatient’ appointments with specialist cancer doctors, nurses and other clinicians for patients receiving non-surgical treatments for cancer, such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy. In the past, there were enough of these specialist cancer clinicians in our area for them to see patients at five of our local hospitals for these appointments:
- Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (includes Breathing Space, Rotherham)
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (includes Weston Park Cancer Centre)
In order to improve this for patients we reduced the number of places our specialist cancer clinicians see patients with some types of cancer. We did this because reducing the number of locations that the specialist cancer doctors had to travel to meant they had more time to see more patients.
For example, at the moment, breast cancer patients go for outpatient appointments at either Breathing Space in Rotherham, or Weston Park Hospital in Sheffield. These changes improved the availability of doctors and reduced the possibility of patient appointments being delayed or cancelled.
The changes had no impact on treatments for cancer, such as chemotherapy, which continues to be provided at local hospitals.
The temporary changes to outpatient appointments have been in place for some time. Now, we are reviewing where we provide these appointments for all non-surgical cancer patients. We want to hear from patients, carers, local residents, and staff, so we can be sure we’ve taken their views into account.
Your view matters
We want to hear from:
- Cancer patients and their carers so we can understand how changing where cancer patients go for these planning and review appointments with a specialist doctor affects them or may affect them.
- Our local residents to understand what they think is important for patients when they attend these appointments, and what we should be taking into account as we think about these challenges.
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South Yorkshire, Bassetlaw and North Derbyshire
Published: 13 March 2023