Policy dinner on personalisation for cancer patients

Martin Routledge our head of operations, attended a policy dinner on personalisation last week hosted by Macmillan Cancer Support.

The discussion which took place under Chatham House rules focused on what is meant by personalisation and what cancer patients want. Discussions also took place on the barriers and enablers to personalised cancer care and models of best practice.

Attendees included:

Ciaran Devane, CEO Macmillan Cancer Support
Paul Burstow MP, Minister of State for Care Services
Harry Cayton, CEO of the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence
Paul Streets, Director of Public and Patient Experience and Engagement
Angela Coulter, Director of Global Initiatives at the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, Boston and senior research scientist at the Department for Public Health
Dr Joceyln Cornwell, Director The Point of Care at the Kings Fund
Dr Jo Bibby, Director of Improvement Programmes, Health Foundation for the Centre for Clinical Practice at NICE
Jeremy Hughes, CEO, Alzheimer's Society
Sue Roberts, Chair, Year of Care Partnerships
Petrea Fagan, Clinincal Development, Addenbrookes Hospital
Cathy Burton, Macmillan GP, NHS Lambeth
Dr Amanda Beglet, UCLP Clinical Academic Programmes
Caroline Tapster, CEP Hertfordshire County Council
Mark Davies, CEO Imperial College
Mike Hobday, Director, Policy and Research, Macmillan Cancer Support
Lisa Godfrey, Macmilillan Programme Director: UCH Macmillan Cancer Centre, Macmillan Cancer Support
Professor Jane Maher, Chief Medical Officer, Macmillan Cancer Support
Anna Baranski, Policy Analyst, Macmillan Cancer Support
Simran Bell, Projects Officer and Events Organiser for the CEO office, Macmillan Cancer Support

1 comment for “Policy dinner on personalisation for cancer patients”

Ken Bumby MA

posted 26 January 2012 at 20:18:32

So this how large charities spend the donations given by people? I would imagine all the CEO that attended went there without pay, as I am sure they would be glad not to spend their charities money on pointless exercises like this, or perhaps these charities have lots of disposable income, whilst the people they advertise they support are left at the mercy of under funded public services?

Also nice to see our public servants having a good day discussing something no body understands including In Control, Personalisation, a made up word, with no meaning and no legislation to back it up, just some politician and right wing think tanks wet dream, which is making a mockery of the hard work done by disability activists.

Well done, I say, lets have more of this! Thousands of pounds wasted.