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. Projects include, overcoming the barrier of expensive parking at the mobile screening unit site, screening conversations with those who had not responded to the invitation to book and increasing awareness of the screening programme using localised resources which were shared widely.
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 breast screening agenda.
There are numerous cancer patient engagement and support groups/networks in North Tyneside. Some operate on regional footprints as well:
- Northern Cancer Voices
- North Tyneside CCG Cancer Plan Patient Engagement Task & Finish Group
- 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.