To view the agenda please click here, to watch the recording please click here.
Amber Stott, Health Coordinator for Sheffield United Community Foundation presented about Fans FC programme (Fans Fighting Cancer), to view the presentation please click here.
The 4th Cancer Champion Learning Lunch will be held on Tuesday 23rd April at Hellaby Hall in the Bramley Suite and we look forward to seeing you all there.
A reminder the Q3 Deadline is due by Friday 26th April. Please can all these be sent to amy.moore39@nhs.net
Kate Leadley and Shelley Lockey Cancer Champions for Hillsborough PCN, shared a presentation they delivered at the PCN PLI event. To view the presentation please click here.
Lucy Couth from YCR spoke about an upcoming patient evaluation that is being conducted by YHEC and asked for feedback on how best to collect responses.
Any Other Business
There is no steering group in April, as we have the Learning Lunch planned on Tuesday 23rd.
Vicky Stephens, Cancer Champion for Barnsley Central presented about creating effective noticeboards, to view the presentation please click here.
The next Cancer Champion Learning Lunch will be on Tuesday the 23rd of April at Hellaby Hall.
Erin Brady, Communication and Engagement lead spoke about a new campaign that will be available in March, which raises awareness on five specific cancer types across South Yorkshire. Once the resources are available a toolkit will be created and shared with all Cancer Champions.
Thank you to all Cancer Champions who shared their work around the events calendar, for more information please click here to be redirected to the Share & Learn section - Health promotion.
A reminder about the Cancer Champion webpage and all the information that is now available.
Any other business
Cancer Care Map provides a list of cancer support services that are available within your area, please click here.
To view the agenda click here, to watch the recording click here.
Weston Park Cancer Charity, Faye McDool Service Development and Engagement Manager, presented about the charities services and the Big Purple Bus, which brings their services into the community. For more information click here to view Faye's presentation and click here for the Big Purple Bus Leaflet.
Dr Matthew Kurien, Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist, presented about the work he is undertaking in the Early Detection of Colorectal cancer in Yorkshire, which is funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research. To view his presentation click here.
Cancer Champion Achievement Mapping Alexandra Johnson has started working with the team and is supporting us to do Cancer Champion Achievement mapping, to showcase Cancer Champion work across the programme. Amy and Claire will be in touch with Cancer Champions to arrange meetings.
Awarness Calander Following the monthly awarness calendars that are sent out, we are trying to understand what work is happening. This supports us with the share and learn section on the website and the achievement mapping. To complete the form please click here.
Reminder all Quarter 2 submissions are due Friday 26th January.
People Affected by Cancer Advisory Board (PABCAB) South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Cancer Alliance are recruiting for PABCAB and have sent out resources to Cancer Champions to aid recruitment. For more information on PABCAB please click here.
Yorkshire Cancer Research has created some digital resources for Cervical Screening that can be used on social media and digital screens. If you would like access to these files please email amy.moore39@nhs.net or Claire.Talayhan@nhs.net
Training Sessions Thank you to everyone who joined the LGBTQI+ training on 18th January and the next session is on Tuesday 30th January. In February there will be a session around Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities and how to connect.
To watch the recording click here. To view the agenda click here.
Good Things Foundation Foundation. Bryony Evans from the Good Things Foundation presented about the charity and data that is available for people for free! They have SIM cards available for businesses/organisations to order, to then provide them to people who need them. For more information click here. This is currently being trialled in Rotherham, Health Village and Dearn Valley PCN, by Myka Steeples, Cancer Champion, they are trailing this with the support of social prescribers. For a step-by-step guide on how to join the network click here. Alternatively for more support please email bryony.evans@goodthingsfoundation.org or amy.moore39@nhs.net
Damian Lewis from YHEC presented about the external evaluation they are conducting on the Yorkshire Cancer Research Cancer Champion Programme. As part of the evaluation they are conducting Delphi Panels (click here for more information), and they are looking for Cancer Champions to take part. To register please click here. Or if you would like more information please contact: damian.lewis@york.ac.uk A reminder that you can use cancer champion time to take part in the Delphi panels. You can read the November learning lunch newsletter by clicking here.
Reminder: Q2 (Oct to Dec) is due by 26th January 2024.
Reward and Referral Cervical deliveries have started, and a separate email has been sent about this. Any questions please email Amy or Claire.
Outpatients Training, we discussed the upcoming training in January, and diary invites will be sent out.
We are recruiting for our People Affected by Cancer Advisory Board. Please help us spread the word! We will be sharing regular social media posts and sending some physical resources to practices. For more information click here.
Health Travel Costs Scheme- HTCS Certain patients will be eligible to claim back travel costs when attending their breast screening. Please note not all people on universal credit are eligible, please see the following link for more information and to review eligibility criteria click here.
January is Cervical Prevention Week – 22nd to 28th January. There are digital posters and leaflets available on Jo’s Trust, click here. Yorkshire Cancer Research also have resources if you would like to order any for events, please email amy.moore39@nhs.net and please share any photos.
Stacey Harwood Township 2 Cancer Champion presented the work she and her team have been doing around contacting historical non-responders for cervical screening. To view Stacey's presentation click here.
A reminder that Q1's are due by 27th October.
The learning lunch is fast approaching and we are looking forward to seeing you all there. A reminder to please complete the Microsoft form if you are attending. Rotherham United Football Club now require cars to have visible permits in their car and to park in the north car park, bays C1-C80 & D1-D115. The permit will be attached to the diary invite, for any more information please email amy.moore39@nhs.net.
Yorkshire Cancer Research have some poster around cancer screening and signs and symptoms that are available to collect from the learning lunch. To view the posters click here.
We provided an update on the Reward and Referral scheme.
Breast Reward and Referal is currently out with procurement, and we will share future designs.
The next delivery of Cervical Reward and Referral assets are due in November, we will be in touch with numbers and to confirm the delivery address.
Year 2 training programme is underway, thank you to everyone who has joined the sessions so far. We will shortly be sending out dates for upcoming training sessions.
Health Village and Dearne Valley PCN are attending a Rotherham United Football match, where they will have a stall raising awareness of cancer screening and half a page in the programme. They have invited other cancer champions to join the event.
Alongside this Rotherham United Community Trust have agreed to support the cancer champions in connecting with community groups and allowing us to attend sessions to raise awareness. If you would like to attend/have more information please email amy.moore39@nhs.net. To view the presentation click here.
Finally, Amy shared an update about the Cancer Champion webpage.
Kate Leadley Hillsborough Cancer Champion presented the work she has been doing around promoting Breast screening, and events that are upcoming at SWFC and SUFC. To view Kate's presentation please click here.
A reminder that Q1 deadlines are due.
Erin Brady communication and Engagement lead for SYB shared some hints and tips about social media and that you can utilise the Cancer Alliance social media page if you wish to share any events.
Polls were conducted around the upcoming Learning Lunch on the 23rd of November, what times would suit best for a training session and what date would work best for the December steering group meeting.
A case study was also shared which you can read on our website by clicking here.
To watch the recording Click here. To download the agenda Click Here
The Learning Lunch for November 2023 has been booked at Rotherham United Football Ground and we asked for feedback about another poster competition.
We also asked for feedback on the pledges that were made at Junes 2023 Learning Lunch.
York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC) is conducting an external evaluation of the programme and asked Cancer Champions to take part.
Katie Markham PLACE lead for Sheffield presented about Breast promotion packs that are being sent to practices and Cancer Champion 2 months prior to their Breast next test due date.
Claire Talayhan updated us about the year two training programme and dates will be sent out shortly. To read more view the training programme page by clicking here.
Emily Barber Cancer Champion for Doncaster East spoke about her Behavioural Science Academy Project which is focused on symptomatic FIT - Get your S**t Together, to view the presentation click here and to download the telephone script click here.
A poll for the next Learning Lunch was completed and is now booked for Thursday 23rd November at Rotherham United football Ground.
We introduced the new Reporting Template for Year 2 of the programme, to download the document Click here
We recapped on the programme aims, to view the PowerPoint click here.
We shared an article completed by Yorkshire Cancer Research and Emma Bairstow (Barnsley North Cancer Champion)- A Day in the Life of a Cancer Champion. To read the article click here.
To watch the recording Click here. To download the agenda click here.
Jean Kirby Cancer Champion for Retford and Villages shared the work she is doing alongside DHL to raise awareness of Cancer Screening. To view the presentation click here.
We shared the newsletter for the Junes Learning Lunch to view click here.
Damian Lewis and Adam Smith presented from York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC) about the external evaluation they are conducting on the programme and are looking for volunteers to take part in stakeholder interviews. To view the presentation click here.
The Year One annual reporting deadline was due and we shared an example template on how to complete it, to view click here.
To watch the recording click here. To download the agenda click here.
Jean Kirby and Jackie Lyons Cancer Champions from Retford and Villages PCN spoke about the use of OOH clinics to increase the uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening. Clinics are being run in the evenings and on Saturdays. From December 2022 to April 2023 there has been an 87% uptake out of 261 available appointments, with a 75% attendance rate, and 25% DNAs. Texts are being sent two days before the appointment as a reminder (using Behavioural Science techniques). All DNAs are called to understand why. (Reports are run on Ardens).
Jodie Watts Cancer Champion for Doncaster South PCN spoke about the credit card style slip she created to go inside the Cervical Reward and Referral scheme to encourage people to share the Reward and Referral on social media and to tag Doncaster South PCN or the Cancer Alliance so we can monitor how many people are sharing on social media. Click here to view the presentation and click here to view the credit card style slip. Practices social media are promoted in surgeries, shared on all emails, shared on personal social media, and promoted at local events.
A poster competition was announced for the Learning Lunch in June 2023 and the opportunity to collect Bowel MOT resources to raise awareness around Bowel Screening and the age extension. As part of the behavioural science academy, to reach more click here to access the Behavioural Science newsletter.
To view the agenda Click here.
Danielle Newman, Molly Abbott, Emma Bairstow, and Lyndsey Wilkinson, Cancer Champions for Barnsley spoke about how they are connecting with Health and Well-being coaches and Social Prescribers within their PCN to raise awareness around screening, signs and symptoms and preventative measures, to view the presentation they delivered to Social Prescribers and Health and Wellbeing coaches click here.
Alison Tracey Cancer Champion for Peak Edge in Sheffield spoke about the targeted work she is doing to increase Cervical Screening uptake by sending a question to non-responders to understand why they weren't attending. To view the presentation click here and to download the questionnaire click here.
Emma Bairstow shared some photos from a fundraising event she did in practice to raise money for CRUK. She raised a whopping £180 by doing a bake sale and a tombola. Emma got the tombolo prices by visiting local shops.
To view the agenda click here.
Lucy Andrews Cancer Champion for GPA1 spoke about linking with social prescribers.
Farah Akhtar Cancer champion for Foundry PCN spoke about the work she is doing to increase Bowel Cancer Screening. To view the presentation Click here.
Andrew Holman Cancer Champion for Newgate PCN spoke about connecting with the Polish community to try and increase screening uptake. Please see targeted letters created for non-responders, click here to view the English Version Click here and for the Polish Version click here.
Amy Moore and Claire Talayhan introduced themselves as the new Project Support Officers. Amy will be supporting Rotherham and Sheffield, Claire will be supporting Barnsley, Doncaster & Bassetlaw. Amy and Claire mentioned they will be arranging to meet all Cancer Champions in person over the coming months.
We asked for pledges' feedback from December's Learning Lunch.
Share and Learn
Rebecca Acott - Township 2 PCN
Andrew Holman - Newgate PCN
Reward and Referral assets have now been delivered to all Cancer Champions. These are to be distributed amongst all PCN practices and Cancer Champions to ensure contact is made with the lead nurse.
Further delivery of bags and postcards to be delivered in approximately 6 months' time (July 2023)
Brief updates provided on:
Luke Rollin from NHS England joined the session to talk about a Cervical Cancer screening survey he is looking to develop, in order to understand the current barriers people face around attending cervical screening.
Danielle Cooper Cancer Champion from Health Village and Dearne Valley PCN, spoke about the work she has done around the IIF guidelines and FIT testing. It was identified that coding for FIT testing where not being coded or where coded incorrectly. Work was done to amend this and training was provided to practice staff. Danielle also spoke about the work she is doing to start outreach events, the implementation of a third letter to follow up with Cervical non-responders, and the work she is doing with the Digital Transformation Lead to tackle Health Inequalities.
Lucy Neale Cancer Champion from Doncaster North spoke about the work she has been doing for Cervical Cancer Prevention Week. A Q&A session was held in practice around cervical screening and clinic slots were available on the day. A trial drop-in clinic is also being held this week to see if this can be rolled out across the PCN on a frequent basis. A coffee morning was held at a local Cafe to raise awareness and one of the main barriers identified was women didn't want to call the practice to book in. Some practices within the PCN are trialling a self-book process and monitoring the success.
An update was provided around the Reward and Referral around numbers to be expected upon delivery and the assets are to be delivered to all practices within the PCN. An information sheet around the scheme will also be provided for practice. To view the information sheet Click here.
A draft agenda was shared for the December Learning Lunch
An update was provided around the Cancer Champion webpage which is now live and we will continue to develop this.
Dates were also provided for the training programme:
An overview of Annual Plans was discussed.
A demonstration was provided on the Cancer Champion website.
A poll was conducted to establish the best date to do the Learning Lunch. It was agreed to do the event on Tuesday 13th December.
Quick Updates were provided around:
The date and times of the steering groups moving forward were confirmed.
An overview of the annual plans submitted was discussed.
Training programme was discussed for year one and feedback was asked for training ideas moving forward.
Cancer Champion's Microsoft Teams page was discussed and showed the use of the files page.
Cancer Champion Website was being developed.
Preparation for the first Learning Lunch was underway.
Reward and Referral update around the designs of the tote bags and referral cards and agreed delivery strategy.
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