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Cancer – Improving the Quality of your Referral Module – Gateway C (e-learning)

Target Audience:

All Primary Care Professionals including GP’s and Practice Nurses

Overview:

This course aims to support healthcare professional in making clinically appropriate suspected cancel referrals and preparing patients. You will be presented with specialist discussions alongside examples of patient communication and a range of activities to reinforce learning points.

Course Content:

This course covers the following topics:

  • Making the right decision:  Clinical decision making and safety netting, including a toolkit to support this
  • Preparing your patient: What patients want to know when a referral is made to effectively support them and to reduce the number of DNAs
  • Completing quality referrals: Information that should be included in the referral to reduce avoidable delays at secondary care

Specialist interviews include: 

  • Dr Richard Roope, RCGP and CRUK, discussing theory and practice behind preparing a patient
  • Saeed Shakibai, patient representative, diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2009

Trainer/Facilitator: Gateway C

Date/Time/Venue:

This is e-learning so can be undertaken at any time.

Cost: 

There is no cost for this training

Booking Process/Additional Information:

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