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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 high quality and appropriate suspected cancel referrals. 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
- Addressing inequalities: Benefits and challenges of remote consultations, including strategies for tailoring care to patient needs
- 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
- Dr Pawan Randev, GP and Cancer Lead for East Midlands Cancer Alliance, discussing effective safety netting practice
- Dr Neil Smith, GP and Primary Care Lead for Lancs and South Cumbria Cancer Alliance, discussing remote consultations and the benefits and challenges
- Miss Susi Penney, Consultant in Head, Neck and Thyroid Surgery/Otolaryngology, detailing what makes a quality referral
- Real patient stories on delayed diagnoses – Beth Purvis, Andrew Smith and Craig McIlquham
- Patient representatives – Saeed Shakibai, Dame Deborah James and Lauren Mahon
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: