Influence the provision
of personalised care and
support planning.
We want personalised care and support planning
to be a priority in national and local plans. It's why
we campaign, work with governments, and help
shape policy to make a better world for people
living with cancer.
In 2023:
We influenced decision makers and
healthcare systems across the UK.
Through Macmillan's relationships and influencing
of key healthcare decision makers, the Scottish
government's new 10-year cancer strategy
included many of Macmillan's policy and practice
asks, including working with Macmillan on
prehabilitation, Transforming Cancer Care services
and cancer patient experience surveys.
The Scottish government also announced a £9
million extension to our Transforming Cancer Care
partnership, a joint investment to ensure that
everyone diagnosed with cancer in Scotland has
access to a key support worker5.
The partnership aims to deliver better
personalised care and support to people living
with cancer while also easing pressure on NHS
healthcare professionals.
We also worked with the Welsh government to
ensure its Cancer Improvement Plan included
action to tackle waiting times as an urgent
priority. In a hard-hitting event we coordinated
at Stormont, we highlighted the impact of the
political stalemate in Northern Ireland on cancer
services and the distressing impact of this for
people living with cancer. We also worked with
the Department of Health and Social Care to
influence the development of the Major Conditions
Strategy for England, which is due to be published
in 2024. Our calls focused on including measures
that would address person-centred cancer care at
all stages of a cancer journey.
We also reinstated our education grants offering,
awarding £476,000 for 490 grants to support
Macmillan professionals in 2023 to further their skills
and continue to deliver excellent care to people
living with cancer. These can be used to help fund a
module for a master's course or to invest in specific
training to enable professionals to deliver evidencebased
personalised care interventions.
" Thank you for arranging this, I have
found it really supportive across all
areas of primary and secondary care. It
has provided me with links that I wasn't
aware of and knowledge that I will follow
up with.
"
Macmillan professional
In September 2023, six months after the launch of our
Professional Promise, our annual survey to Macmillan
professionals showed that one in two of those who
responded were aware of the new support offer4.
Professionals who had been in roles for longer
periods of time were one of the groups most likely
to be unaware of it. We will continue work in 2024
to increase engagement with professionals across all
job roles and regions to ensure our professionals feel
valued, cared for and well supported.
Campaigners and people with cancer
gather on the steps at Stormont
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