Tumour Specific Work Groups
Midland
Development of national tumour standards
The Ministry of Health is funding the establishment of eight tumour stream working groups for one year to develop tumour specific standards.
Tumour specific standards:
· ensure patients receive timely and good quality care throughout their cancer journey and the same standard of care regardless of where they live
· enable the development of efficient and sustainable best practice management
· promote a nationally coordinated and consistent approach to service provision.
Timed standards are needed to guide service provision as DHBs work to implement the Faster Cancer Treatment wait time indicators. Faster cancer treatment indicators are a new developmental measure that takes a patient pathway approach across both surgical and non-surgical cancer treatment with a focus on patients getting faster access to assessment, diagnostic and treatment services from the time their cancer diagnosis is suspected and they are referred to secondary care.
The four regional cancer networks have been assigned to provide support to the clinical work groups developing the standards.
The tumour specific standards are expected to be consistent with the Standards for Service Provision for Lung Cancer Patients in
Timeframe for completion of tumour-specific standards: 30 June 2013.
Tumour stream Network Clinical chair Project manager Working group members from Bowel Southern Professor Frank Frizelle Emma Bell Emma.Bell@SouthernCancer Network.org.nz Dr Jim Brooker Mr Simi Lolohea Dr Nina Scott Judy Warren Breast Associate Professor Ian Campbell Loryn Scanlan Loryn.Scanlan@waikatodhb.health.nz Raewyn Calvert Dr Barbara Hochstein Dr Marion Kuper Dr Glenys Round Kiri Peita Gynaecological Southern Associate Professor Peter Sykes Emma Bell Emma.Bell@SouthernCancer Network.org.nz Stephanie Campbell-Wilson Head and neck Northern Mr Nick McIvor Emma Maddren Dr Michael Jameson Haematology Central Dr Leanne Berkhan (Lymphoma) Dr Peter Ganly (Myeloma) Eleanor Whitehead Lymphoma: Dr Humphrey Pullon Myeloma: Robyn Segedin Melanoma Northern Mr Richard Martin Emma Maddren Dr Amanda Oakley Hepato-Biliary Pancreatoduodenal/ Upper Gastrointestinal Northern Professor John Windsor Sarah Bell Sarah.Bell@ndsa.co.nz Dr Frank Weilert Dr Hermann Van Der Vyver Sarcoma Northern Mr Mike Flint Sarah Bell Sarah.Bell@ndsa.co.nz Dr Cristian Hartopeanu Northern Associate Professor Geoff Braatvedt Emma Maddren Berry Allen
eleanor.whitehead@midcentral.govt.nz
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List of members of the tumour specific clinical working groups, terms of reference and other information is available from the website of the regional cancer network assigned to support the specific tumour stream.
For more information on the National Breast Cancer Working Group see …..
Other three regional cancer websites are:
www.northerncancernetwork.org.nz
www.centralcancernetwork.org.nz
www.southerncancernetwork.org.nz
If you have any questions about the national tumour working groups and tumour standards please contact the project manager assigned to the particular tumour working group.
- Breast
- Lung
