Macmillan Cancer Support Mark Russell Area Chair - Hertfordshire
• Population of Hertfordshire - 1,107,600 • 13 new cancer diagnoses every day • 4,800 new cancer diagnoses each year • 2010 35,578 living with or beyond cancer • 2030 71,600 living with or beyond cancer
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Who are Macmillan Cancer Support?
2012 Statistics • Income £155.7m • Charitable spend £111.7m • Governance £1m • Fundraising £50.3m • Other £0.3m
• £166 million • £2,621,582
Macmillan professionals in Hertfordshire • Allied health professional 16 • Benefits 4 • Education 2 • Information 3 • Medical 6 • Nursing 49 • Psychological support 1 • Social work 3 • Other 3 • Total 87
Macmillan in Hertfordshire • Working with CAB, DWP & Herts MAC to provide benefits advice & support clinics in Lister and QE 2 hospitals as well as home visits • Invested over £126k to provide benefits advice and support service based at Watford General Hospital • Funded Acute Oncology Project Managers for East & North Herts NHS Trust & West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust • Funded an Oncology Liason Nurse for East & North Herts NHS Trust • Invested £213k to fund sessions of 5 Macmillan GP’s for the Mount Vernon Cancer Network • Funded a Macmillan head & neck cancer clinical nurse specialist for East & North Herts NHS Trust • Adopted the role of a breast cancer clinical nurse specialist at St Albans City Hospital
The challenge • Capacity The waiting area [at the Lister] is too small and it’s getting worse. There are a lot more people there. There’s always a few people standing. I’m usually there two or three hours in total. They need more space – it’s too cramped. Tracey, 38, breast cancer
The challenge • Unsuitable facilities When you’re on the [chemo] machine, you have to go through the seating area where all the people are, go round them where they’re sitting, so everyone’s watching you go to the toilet, and when you open the toilet door, there’s about ten people looking in. Emmanuel, 62, bowel cancer
The challenge I think for the staff it’s going to make a bigger difference as well. I feel lucky that I’m being looked after and the treatment I get, someone knows that’s best for me. Graham, 65, colon cancer • Services and facilities don’t join up
The Lister Macmillan Cancer Centre
Impact • Capacity • Space for support • Services to reduce anxiety • Space to relax • Private consultation areas • Joined-up services and facilities • Easy-to-access information and support service • Wi-Fi access
• Thank you • Questions
Macmillan Cancer Support Mark Russell Area Chair - Hertfordshire
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