The presentation assessment day for the Principles of Personalised Care module* took place on Monday 16 June, at the Heartbeat Education Centre, Southampton General Hospital. The event offered students a valuable opportunity to present their learning and demonstrate how they had applied personalised care principles in their clinical practice.
Each student critically evaluated their service from a patient’s perspective, identifying areas for improvement and exploring ways to embed personalised care within their teams. They applied quality improvement techniques to support implementing meaningful change in their practice.
Presentation Day Highlights:
Eleven students – all Cancer Care Clinical Nurse Specialists from NHS Trusts across Wessex – completed the level 7 work-based learning module, accredited by the University of Southampton (UoS) and presented their projects to an invited audience. Attendees included representatives from WCA, UoS, and colleagues from the Wessex Trusts. UoS colleagues assessed the presentations, which covered a diverse range of topics, all aligned with the core principles of personalised care and focused on improving patient experience.
Each student had 15 minutes to present their work, followed by a 5-minute Q&A session.
The projects presented included:
| The Introduction of a telephone follow up 7-10 day post systemic anti- cancer treatments |
| The implementation of treatment summaries to support the development of a service that will effectively manage late effects in Lymphoma |
| Enhancing personalised care through nurse led clinics in breast reconstruction |
| Implementation of novel service to support female sexual function post radical cystectomy |
| Introduction of a Nurse Led Telephone Clinic for Personalised Care and Self Supported Management |
| Implementation of Personalised Care Support Plan through utilisation of Holistic Needs Assessment for Upper GI cancer patients in RHCH |
| Implementing a nurse led clinic: Mainstream genetic testing for Lynch Syndrome |
| The implementation of The Royal Marsden Triggers Tool for identifying those in need of early palliative care referral with newly diagnosed metastatic colorectal cancer |
| Implementing a prehabilitation service to improve outcomes and support personalised care for patients with cancer |
| Implementing End of Treatment Summaries to Improve Personalised Care for People with a Diagnosis of Malignant Melanoma |
| Implementing face to face nurse led clinics |
It was an inspiring day, celebrating innovative ideas, compassion and a commitment to person-centred care.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to all those involved with the creation and delivery of this high-quality academic module – from WCA, UoS and the patient representatives. Thank you to the students’ managers and the Lead Cancer Nurses and WCA for their ongoing support.
Congratulations to the students for their engagement with the module and for all their hard work.
*This module was created by Wessex Cancer Alliance in partnership with the University of Southampton. An overview of the module and project can be found here.
Audience Reflections
It was a pleasure to attend the assessment day and support the students. I thought the presentations were excellent—fantastic to see such enthusiasm and a genuine interest in enhancing care. Many of the projects also aligned closely with our ongoing work within the personalised care programme, which was particularly encouraging to see. The students’ commitment to thoughtful, patient-centred approaches was truly inspiring.
The day is inspirational, showcasing not just the high standard of care offered by CNSs but also their commitment to improving people’s experiences of care and their recovery after treatment. So many projects showcase how personalising care helps reduce health inequalities through identifying and removing barriers to access and improving experience and outcomes for people.
It was an inspiring day! So much talent, passion in our nursing workforce despite all the pressures.
They should all be so proud of themselves
The talent, skill, enthusiasm and focus on person centred care blew me away – they were all inspirational. I was very proud to be alongside them and really hope we can grow their ideas and help them fulfil their aspirations around the transformative work they are all planning. Their organisations should be so proud of them and their commitment and dedication to delivering such inspired change for the benefit of patient and families they work with.