Community Assets and Services
The North Tyneside Cancer Prevention Network (CPN) brings together professional partners such as the ICB, PCN cancer leads and coordinators and voluntary and community organisations.
The CPN have worked to increase uptake through novel approaches and collaboration. Areas of focus include unpacking the variation in screening uptake between the rest of eligible population and those with a learning disability. Increasing awareness of bowel screening through the development of screening resources and disseminating the process for requesting a FIT kit for asymptomatic patients wishing to participate in screening. Easy read information for the whole pathway has also been disseminated.
Key stakeholders include primary care networks, Healthwatch North Tyneside, LDNE, Coping with Cancer, patient engagement groups and VODA. This is not an exhaustive list and the CPN is working with other partners as well on the bowel cancer screening agenda.
There are numerous cancer patient engagement groups/networks in North Tyneside who are committed to improving the services involved in the cancer journey. Some operate on regional footprints as well:
- Northern Cancer Voices
- North of Tyne and Gateshead Patient and Professional Group
- North Tyneside CCG Patient Forum
These groups are contributing to establishing the remit of the Cancer Prevention Network and the CPN is providing data and public health expertise for their activity as well.
As well as this, there are many other organisations providing support to those on a cancer journey, such as Coping with Cancer and FACT. The Cancern Network covers many of the cancer support organisations operating across the North East and North Cumbria footprint.