PCN DES prostate cancer January 2023
Hear about innovations and projects from across the prostate cancer community.
What was the event about?
At this innovation event we brought together over 70 stakeholders invested in transforming prostate cancer pathways to help tackle inequalities. This event provided a space for healthcare professionals to share best practice and showcase how they’re driving forward innovations.
Agenda
We were joined by the following speakers:
Lisa James
Senior Strategy Manager leading on Primary Care for the NHS England Cancer Programme. Lisa has been central to the development of the PCN DES requirements on early cancer diagnosis so is perfectly placed to lend her insight.
Tim Dudderidge
Consultant urological surgeon at the University Hospital Southampton. He has helped transform the service with innovations in the diagnostic pathway, developed new therapies, and is running a region wide prostate health information service with PSA blood test self-referral pilot.
Rachel Brown
Partner at Montpelier Health Centre in Bristol and cancer lead for Bristol Inner City PCN, Dr Brown has led on the delivery of a pilot programme since July 22 of a text-based stratified outreach encouraging men with known risk factors to complete the Prostate Cancer UK risk checker.
Do you have an exciting innovation or project to share?
If you'd like to share a project or innovation you've led on, which has improved the prostate cancer pathway for men, get in touch.
We're interested in hearing about projects including (but not limited to):
- Prostate cancer risk awareness campaigns
- Diagnosing prostate cancer earlier, e.g., the faster diagnostic standard, optimal timed pathway for prostate cancer and rapid diagnostics
- Nurse-led triage
- Implementation of mpMRI and LATP biopsy
- Personalised care and supported self-management
