Chinwag Spring 2019

Corporate news

Empowering patients with PROMs MyChristie-MyHealth is a two year project to introduce a new form of communication between patients and clinical teams. Patients respond to a set of questions about issues such as symptoms, physical health and quality of life, using their mobile, tablet or computer, or when they come for hospital appointments. The data from these ‘patient reported outcome measures’ or PROMs is fed back to clinical teams to help improve patient care. PROMs is currently being piloted with lung, head and neck and proton beam therapy patients and will be rolled out across the remaining disease groups over the next two years. The first patient data provided was reviewed in clinic in January. The use of PROMs in clinical care empowers patients, facilitates personalised care pathways and can improve both quality of life and survival. Higher quality outcome data also supports improvements to clinical pathways and higher research standards. Participation in the service is not compulsory and patients can opt-out. MyChristie-MyHealth will be available to all Christie patients, including those who are

King Hussein Cancer Centre

The Christie and The King Hussein Cancer Centre (KHCC) in Jordan have signed a memorandum of understanding to support and train a team there in cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS/HIPEC). The KHCC is a not-for-profit specialist cancer centre funded by charity. As part of this, Mr Omer Aziz and Professor

Surgery training: Professor Sarah O’Dwyer with Mr Omer Aziz in Jordan

Sarah O’Dwyer travelled to Jordan in December and performed the KHCC’s first two cases with them. They also delivered a grand round presentation, were invited to see the KHCC patients and to meet with their radiologists and oncologists. Through this initiative, The Christie colorectal and peritoneal oncology centre (CPOC) aims to help establish this treatment for patients with advanced cancers in Jordan and the Middle East. The KHCC team sees The Christie CPOC team as an important partner in establishing CRS/HIPEC in Jordan. The success of this initiative also demonstrates the reputation of The Christie CPOC as a leading expert in CRS/HIPEC. After Mr Omer Aziz and Professor Sarah O’Dwyer returned to The Christie, the KHCC team sent an update from the patients they operated on. OECI re-accreditation In December, 2018 The Organisation of European Cancer Institutes re-accredited The Christie as a comprehensive cancer centre which demonstrates that we meet the quality standards for cancer. An action plan for four areas has been developed

reviewed in other hospitals. For further information about

MyChristie-MyHealth please visit https:// hive.xchristie.nhs.uk/Interact/Pages/ Content/Document.aspx?id=8630

to further enhance the cancer services we offer and will be reviewed in September 2019. We are very proud to receive this ongoing accreditation. Further information can be found at www.oeci.eu/

PROMs is currently being piloted with lung, head and neck and proton beam therapy patients

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