Transformation Directorate

Monitor patients’ conditions remotely and support patients as they live with and beyond cancer

Digital tools to support patients self-management and remote clinics with the use of, for example, self-monitoring tools, chemotherapy toxicity management tools, patient initiated follow-up (PIFU) and active surveillance of patients to reduce any unnecessary follow up appointments on a cancer pathway.

Case studies

Optimising endoscopy surveillance timing through automated vetting

Optimising endoscopy surveillance timing through automated vetting

Guy’s and St Thomas’ Trust hosts a framework to enable the automated vetting of some endoscopy requests with the aim of optimising endoscopy surveillance timing.
A mobile app to support breast cancer patients in healthcare and self-management in Kent

A mobile app to support breast cancer patients in healthcare and self-management in Kent

An app which enables patients to access accurate and reliable digital information about treatment or diagnostic tests they may have during their breast cancer care.
A digital follow-up care model providing remote monitoring to reduce the need for unnecessary hospital appointments for patients

A digital follow-up care model providing remote monitoring to reduce the need for unnecessary hospital appointments for patients

The Southampton-led model aims to provide patients timely access to test results. The prostate model has been replicated across 15 hospitals and continues to develop the service for other tumour groups and non-cancer long-term conditions.
Breast cancer app to offer patients personalised medical support throughout their treatment

Breast cancer app to offer patients personalised medical support throughout their treatment

A patient support tool to improve the outcome of cancer treatment, applying real-time patient reported outcome data.
Cancer-specific electronic patient record to support clinical teams and patients where follow-up care can be managed remotely

Cancer-specific electronic patient record to support clinical teams and patients where follow-up care can be managed remotely

A single digital record to enable patients to take control of their condition across multiple healthcare organisations.
Patient portal in Wirral University Teaching Hospital

Patient portal in Wirral University Teaching Hospital

Patient portal to help patients manage their own conditions and reduce the number of outpatient appointments.
Using a template to support cancer care reviews

Using a template to support cancer care reviews

A template to be used in a primary care setting to encourage physicians to provide patients who are diagnosed with cancer a good quality, robust personalised review.
Using a mobile application to empower neuroendocrine cancer patients

Using a mobile application to empower neuroendocrine cancer patients

King’s College Hospital used a mobile app to educate patients with neuroendocrine tumours regarding their condition, and enable them to record quality of life and patient-reported outcomes for review by their clinical team.
Using digital follow-up assessments to reduce unnecessary face-to-face appointments

Using digital follow-up assessments to reduce unnecessary face-to-face appointments

A digital solution to significantly reduce face-to-face follow-up appointments, improve the patient experience, and enable staff assessment of patient follow-up needs.
Breast Pathway Management solution is in use by teams at North Manchester General Hospital

Breast Pathway Management solution is in use by teams at North Manchester General Hospital (part of the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust)

Trust benefits from a toolkit to combine clinical solutions and enable access to real-time information to support clinical decision-making and patient care.
Electronic safety netting (E-SN) toolkit for EMIS Web by the North Central London Cancer Alliance

Electronic safety-netting (E-SN) toolkit for EMIS web by the North Central London (NCL) Cancer Alliance

Joined up system helps GPs to ‘safety net’ potential cancer patients, enabling collaboration across a practice team.
A mobile platform to allow patients to track, manage and understand their care from home and easily integrate remotely-collected PROMS into clinical workflows.

A mobile platform to allow patients to track, manage, and understand their care from home

A mobile platform empowering patients to better self-manage.

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