An Association of Cancer Physicians' strategy for improving services and outcomes for cancer patients

Richard Baird; Ian Banks; David Cameron; John Chester; Helena Earl; Mark Flannagan; Adam Januszewski; Richard Kennedy; Sarah Payne; Emlyn Samuel; Hannah Taylor; Roshan Agarwal; Samreen Ahmed; Caroline Archer; Ruth Board; Judith Carser; Ellen Copson; David Cunningham; Rob Coleman; Adam Dangoor; Graham Dark; Diana Eccles; Chris Gallagher; Adam Glaser; Richard Griffiths; Geoff Hall; Marcia Hall; Danielle Harari; Michael Hawkins; Mark Hill; Peter Johnson; Alison Jones; Tania Kalsi; Eleni Karapanagiotou; Zoe Kemp; Janine Mansi; Ernie Marshall; Alex Mitchell; Maung Moe; Caroline Michie; Richard Neal; Tom Newsom-Davis; Alison Norton; Richard Osborne; Gargi Patel; John Radford; Alistair Ring; Emily Shaw; Rod Skinner; Dan Stark; Sam Turnbull; Galina Velikova; Jeff White; Alison Young; Johnathan Joffe; Peter Selby

doi:10.3332/ecancer.2016.608

An Association of Cancer Physicians' strategy for improving services and outcomes for cancer patients

Ecancermedicalscience. 2016 Jan 5:10:608. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2016.608. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Richard Baird¹, Ian Banks², David Cameron³, John Chester⁴, Helena Earl¹, Mark Flannagan⁵, Adam Januszewski⁶, Richard Kennedy⁷, Sarah Payne⁸, Emlyn Samuel⁹, Hannah Taylor¹⁰, Roshan Agarwal¹¹, Samreen Ahmed¹², Caroline Archer¹³, Ruth Board¹⁴, Judith Carser¹⁵, Ellen Copson¹⁶, David Cunningham¹⁷, Rob Coleman¹⁸, Adam Dangoor¹⁹, Graham Dark²⁰, Diana Eccles¹⁶, Chris Gallagher²¹, Adam Glaser²², Richard Griffiths²³, Geoff Hall²⁴, Marcia Hall²⁵, Danielle Harari²⁶, Michael Hawkins²⁷, Mark Hill²⁸, Peter Johnson¹⁶, Alison Jones²⁹, Tania Kalsi²⁶, Eleni Karapanagiotou³⁰, Zoe Kemp³¹, Janine Mansi³², Ernie Marshall³³, Alex Mitchell³⁴, Maung Moe³⁵, Caroline Michie³⁶, Richard Neal³⁷, Tom Newsom-Davis³⁸, Alison Norton³⁹, Richard Osborne⁴⁰, Gargi Patel⁴¹, John Radford⁴², Alistair Ring³¹, Emily Shaw⁴³, Rod Skinner⁴⁴, Dan Stark²⁴, Sam Turnbull⁴⁵, Galina Velikova²², Jeff White⁴⁶, Alison Young⁴⁷, Johnathan Joffe⁴⁸, Peter Selby⁴⁹

Affiliations

¹ ACP Executive Member; ACP Strategy Drafting Group; Supporting Chapter Author; Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
² ACP Strategy Drafting Group; Supporting Chapter Author; University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
³ ACP Executive Member; ACP Strategy Drafting Group; Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, UK.
⁴ ACP Executive Member; ACP Strategy Drafting Group; Supporting Chapter Author; Wales Cancer Research Centre, Cardiff, UK.
⁵ ACP Strategy Drafting Group; Supporting Chapter Author; Beating Bowel Cancer, Harlequin House, 7 High St, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 8EE, UK.
⁶ ACP Executive Member; ACP Strategy Drafting Group; Supporting Chapter Author; London Deanery, Stewart House, 32 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DN, UK.
⁷ ACP Strategy Drafting Group; Queen's University, Belfast, UK.
⁸ ACP Executive Member; ACP Strategy Drafting Group; Supporting Chapter Author; Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital, London, UK and Medical Affairs Manager, Pfizer.
⁹ ACP Strategy Drafting Group; Cancer Research UK, Angel Building, 407 St John Street, London EC1V 4AD, UK.
¹⁰ ACP Executive Member; ACP Strategy Drafting Group; Supporting Chapter Author; Severn Deanery, Vantage Office Park Old Gloucester Road, Hambrook, Avon, Bristol BS16 1GW, UK.
¹¹ ACP Executive Member; Northampton General Hospital, Cliftonville, Northampton NN1 5BD, UK.
¹² ACP Executive Member; University Hospitals of Leicester, Infirmary Square, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK.
¹³ ACP Executive Member; Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK.
¹⁴ ACP Executive Member; Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, UK.
¹⁵ ACP Executive Member; Southern Health and Social Care Trust, Southern College of Nursing, Craigavon Area Hospital, 68 Lurgan Road, Portadown, BT63 5QQ, UK.
¹⁶ Supporting Chapter Author; University of Southampton, University Rd, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
¹⁷ ACP Executive Member; Supporting Chapter Author; NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.
¹⁸ ACP Executive Member; Weston Park Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
¹⁹ ACP Executive Member; Supporting Chapter Author; University Hospitals Bristol, Bristol, UK.
²⁰ Supporting Chapter Author; Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, UK.
²¹ ACP Executive Member; St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.
²² Supporting Chapter Author; University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
²³ ACP Executive Member; Supporting Chapter Author; Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Clatterbridge Health Park, Clatterbridge Rd, Wirral, Merseyside CH63 4JY, UK.
²⁴ Supporting Chapter Author; Leeds Cancer Centre, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
²⁵ ACP Executive Member; Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, UK.
²⁶ Supporting Chapter Author; Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
²⁷ Supporting Chapter Author; University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT, UK.
²⁸ ACP Executive Member; Kent Oncology Centre, Maidstone, Kent, UK.
²⁹ ACP Executive Member; Royal Free and University College Hospital, London, UK.
³⁰ ACP Executive Member; Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK.
³¹ Supporting Chapter Author; Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.
³² ACP Executive Member; Supporting Chapter Author; Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK.
³³ Supporting Chapter Author; Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Clatterbridge Health Park, Clatterbridge Rd, Wirral, Merseyside CH63 4JY, UK.
³⁴ Supporting Chapter Author; University of Leicester, University Rd, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.
³⁵ ACP Executive Member; North Middlesex University Hospital, UK.
³⁶ ACP Executive Member; NHS Fife, Scotland, UK.
³⁷ Supporting Chapter Author; University of Bangor, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2DG , Wales, UK.
³⁸ Supporting Chapter Author; Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK.
³⁹ Supporting Chapter Author.
⁴⁰ Supporting Chapter Author; Poole Hospital, Longfleet Rd, Poole, Dorset BH15 2JB, UK.
⁴¹ ACP Executive Member; Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals, UK.
⁴² Supporting Chapter Author; University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
⁴³ Supporting Chapter Author; Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Rd, Southampton, Hampshire SO16 6YD, UK.
⁴⁴ Supporting Chapter Author; Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, UK.
⁴⁵ ACP Executive Member; Leeds Cancer Centre, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
⁴⁶ Supporting Chapter Author; Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
⁴⁷ ACP Executive Member; Supporting Chapter Author; Leeds Cancer Centre, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
⁴⁸ ACP Executive Member; ACP Strategy Drafting Group; Supporting Chapter Author; Senior Author; Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Acre St, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD3 3EA, UK.
⁴⁹ ACP Executive Member; ACP Strategy Drafting Group; Supporting Chapter Author; Senior Author; Leeds Cancer Centre, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.

Abstract

The Association of Cancer Physicians in the United Kingdom has developed a strategy to improve outcomes for cancer patients and identified the goals and commitments of the Association and its members.

Keywords: cancer physicians; cancer policy; cancer strategy; medical oncology.

Grants and funding

RP-PG-0707-10101/DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom