1. ensure that users are informed of the need for a patient to have:
   
1. Provision of information of cancer support services available in Primary Care in the 3 months after diagnosis
   
2. A cancer care review in the 12 months after diagnosis
   

This Handy Protocol was previously needed for QOF but this was removed ahead of the 2025/26 contract year.  When needed for QOF this was a standard Handy Protocol, that has now been moved to Optional as the above actions still represent best practice but are no longer needed for QOF.

Click here for a guide on how to activate or deactivate this Handy Protocol 

What does it actually do?

1. When a new diagnosis of cancer is added it checks to see if there has been provision of information about cancer support services available in Primary Care and a Cancer care review.
   
2. If these have not been conducted the user is prompted that these need to occur
   
3. A diary date for the appropriate time frames is added automatically to the record
   
4. The user is then given options to either:
   
1. Book an appointment
   
2. Send a task
   
3. Take no action

What does it look like?

System Dependencies:

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