Supporting the Cancer Workforce: Working in collaboration with NHSE Workforce, Transformation and Education Teams (previously Health Education England SE Cancer and Diagnostics Programme)

We continue to work collaboratively with our NHSE Workforce, Transformation and Education colleagues to support the development of our cancer and diagnostics workforce.

We have secured over £1m of funding for locally designed workforce projects alongside nationally allocated grants for upskilling priority workforce groups in cancer and diagnostics services. Over the last three years HEE national funding allocation through the Health Education England SE Cancer and Diagnostics Programme has allowed us to support:

• development of aspiring and existing Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists
• development of the SACT (Systemic Anti-cancer Therapies) nursing workforce
• development of the Pathway Navigator workforce
• Advanced Communications Skills training for senior health care professionals supporting people with cancer

NB: Funding opportunities for the diagnostics workforce and development of the Advanced Practitioner role are managed directly by each organisation.

Our Projects

Projects previously funded by HEE are listed below with links where available out to the individual project pages. Note some projects are still ongoing.

 

2022/23

Scoping the Communication Training Needs post attendance at Advanced Comms Skills Training

Scoping the current Advanced Clinical Practitioner Roles in Cancer across Wessex

Educating the generalist and specialist workforce in Late Effects in people with cancer treated from Immunotherapy across Wessex in Primary Care Care

Developing the generalist and specialist cancer workforce to support lymphoedema services for adults living with and beyond cancer across Wessex

 

2021/22

Developing the Pathway Navigator workforce

Developing the Cancer Workforce through easier access to education

Pharmacy Workforce Transformation Project

Supporting Cancer Careers

Additional Funding for Advanced Communications Skills Training for Band 6 and above Cancer Health Care Professionals

 

2020/21

Educating the cancer Workforce: Development of MSc modules designed to support the Cancer Specialist Workforce.

Developing the Ovarian Diagnostic Pathway: Role of the CNS

Developing Advanced Clinical Practitioner and First Contact Practitioner roles (Cancer) in Primary Care. See also associated work ACP / FCP Poster presentation; Wessex Workforce Capabilities Survey

Transforming the cancer workforce to provide patient centred care across primary care

See project outputs: Link to ARRS Toolkit; Link to Cancer Care Co-ordinator Role

Development of the Supportive and Assistive workforce across Wessex to support people with cancer and other long term conditions  See project outputs: Cancer and the wider workforce webinar series