1. Patient Education and Support following treatment for Skin Cancer
Jaye Kissane
Macmillan Lead Skin Cancer CNS
North Bristol NHS Trust
September 2016

2. Aim of Presentation Living Well Events Living Well Course
Patient’s Holistic Needs Assessment in Clinic
BCC Education
Education for Tattoo artists
Moving forward

3. The Recovery Package

4. Why do we need to do more

5. Living Well Events Part of the Recovery Package
First event was May 2012
Quarterly, 3.5 hours long,
Invite 500 per year, 25% uptake
Great feedback
How to improve on numbers?

6. Living Well Agenda

7. Living Well Courses First course November 2013
6 week course run quarterly
Between 6 and 12 patients per course
Topics covered
Excellent feedback
Patients/Lay Tutors joined in 2015

8. How does this help in the future?
Patients are better equipped in their recovery, have more confidence and a better understanding of their diagnosis.
We achieve better patient outcomes, and patients have a more efficient follow up.

9. Assessment clinics
All Melanoma patients following treatment are seen in the Assessment clinic
Hour long appointment
We complete Holistic needs assessment, and offer treatment summary

10. BCC Education Sessions
BCC education started in March 2014
At least 15 letters a week sent
Sessions run every other month
Feedback excellent

11. Other Education Pharmacy talks, May 2015
Primary school education and advice, May 2015
Tattoo Artists, April 2016
Melanoma Conference, June 2016

12. Future Projects SCC education sessions, November 2016
Tattoo evening, October 2016
Education for 6th formers, 2017
Follow up for thin Melanomas in group education sessions, 2017
Tattoo convention, June 2017
Reduce follow up, patients stage I and IIA to go back to referrer.

13. Websites www.macmillan.org.uk www.skin-cancer-research-fund.org.uk/

14. Questions?
Thank you for listening, any questions?