Cancer Resources

Cancer Resources

Primary Care IT has created a variety of resources to support practices with both caring for and diagnosing patients with cancer.  All of these can be accessed through the PCIT hub.

 

Daffodil standards 

We have built searches and reports that allow you to implement the Daffodil standards in full.
 

Screening resources:  

Searches and alerts are available to highlight overdue 

  • Breast screening 

  • Bowel screening 

  • Cervical screening 

 

PCIT Hub

We have collated widespread supporting resources in the info hub; including patient resources, awareness resources, practice resources. 

 

Protocol alerts to highlight possible diagnoses 

We have built alerts within EMIS to highlight patients who may be at risk of specific types of cancer to alert clinicians to this possibility.  This includes:

  • Thrombocytosis 

  • Lung cancer 

  • Ovarian cancer 

  • Pancreatic cancer 

  • Bowel cancer 

  • Prostate cancer 

 

Good quality care 

  • 2ww safety netting 

  • 2ww referral outcome chaser 

  • Cancer care review and provision of support information flags 

 

 

Pathways 

  • 2ww region specific templates and protocols 


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