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A Day in the Life of………. ……….…a Clinical Network Group Chairman. Sir Peter Blake.
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A Day in the Life of……… ……….…a Clinical Network Group Chairman
Woke up, fell out of bedDragged a comb across my headFound my way downstairs and drank a cupAnd looking up I noticed I was lateFound my coat and grabbed my hatMade the bus in seconds flatFound my way upstairs and had a smokeAnd somebody spoke and I went into a dream A Day in the Life. Lennon and McCartney
Buy In • Access to high cost drugs • Chemotherapy Organisation • Shared guidelines
Population 2.3m Isle of Man Merseyside & Cheshire Haematology Cancer Network
NICE IOG Published 2004 • Multidisciplinary haemato-oncology teams which serve populations of 500,000 or more • Results of tests should be interpreted by experts who provide a specialised service at network level • Rapid-access diagnostic services for patients with lymphadenopathy • Clinical nurse and palliative care specialists to have central roles in haemato-oncology teams
Recommendation 1: MDT serve population > 500,000 Sensible configuration may look like this: Central & South Liverpool LHCs North Cheshire & (population Leukaemia St Helens & 480,000 + tertiary SMDT Knowsley LHCs referral) (population 640,000) Lymphoma Southport, Formby SMDT & West Lancs & Wirral & West North Liverpool & Cheshire LHCs Sefton LHCs (population (population 610,000) 550,000 incl Knowsley PCT*) ) Myeloma SMDT *Knowsley PCT is part of both North Liverpool & St Helens & Knowsley LHCs = existing arrangements
Haematology Histopathology Haematopathology Immunology Cytogenetics ---Genetics
Agenda • Peer Review • High Cost Therapies • Chemotherapy • Nursing and Pharmacy Groups • Patient advocates • National Cancer Research Network • Guidelines, policies etc
Examples of Roles • Guideline writing review • High Cost Drug submissions • Chairmanship of Special Interest Groups • Performance Criteria • Representation on other groups
I read the news today oh boyFour thousand holes in Blackburn, LancashireAnd though the holes were rather smallThey had to count them allNow they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall A Day in the Life Lennon and McCartney