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Help us to establish and improve the Senior Adult Oncology Programme
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Clinical Lead – Dr Nicolo Battisti
Project Lead and Clinical Nurse Specialist – Anne Barrell
Rehab Lead - Hannah Furness
With the support of our West London Cancer Alliance RM Partners, we continue developing a Senior Adult Oncology Programme (SAOP), dedicated to the care of older adults (over 70) with cancer at The Royal Marsden.
Our SAOP team works alongside medical oncology teams and includes different professionals; a doctor, a clinical nurse specialist, a physiotherapist, an occupational therapist, a dietitian, a pharmacist and a speech and language therapist. The aim is to provide patients with a more personalised treatment approach by evaluating and addressing key areas of health and wellbeing. This approach can reduce the risk of side effects and hospital admissions and improve patients’ quality of life on anticancer drug therapies.
The programme started in the Breast Unit medical oncology clinics at the Sutton site of the hospital in November 2021 and has since extended across other medical oncology clinics (Lung, GI, Renal/Melanoma, Gynae, Urology and Haematology) and other hospital sites (Kingston and Chelsea).
As part of the ongoing service development, we are gradually expanding the service to include older individuals diagnosed with different tumours and receiving cancer care at the other branches of the hospital (Chelsea and Kingston). We are also working to make this a permanent team in the Trust.
How can you get involved?
Aged 70 or above? Please help us improve our service by filling out the survey below. The feedback will be used to develop the service to meet the needs of the patient population who we care for.
Clinical Lead – Dr Nicolo Battisti
Project Lead and Clinical Nurse Specialist – Anne Barrell
Rehab Lead - Hannah Furness
With the support of our West London Cancer Alliance RM Partners, we continue developing a Senior Adult Oncology Programme (SAOP), dedicated to the care of older adults (over 70) with cancer at The Royal Marsden.
Our SAOP team works alongside medical oncology teams and includes different professionals; a doctor, a clinical nurse specialist, a physiotherapist, an occupational therapist, a dietitian, a pharmacist and a speech and language therapist. The aim is to provide patients with a more personalised treatment approach by evaluating and addressing key areas of health and wellbeing. This approach can reduce the risk of side effects and hospital admissions and improve patients’ quality of life on anticancer drug therapies.
The programme started in the Breast Unit medical oncology clinics at the Sutton site of the hospital in November 2021 and has since extended across other medical oncology clinics (Lung, GI, Renal/Melanoma, Gynae, Urology and Haematology) and other hospital sites (Kingston and Chelsea).
As part of the ongoing service development, we are gradually expanding the service to include older individuals diagnosed with different tumours and receiving cancer care at the other branches of the hospital (Chelsea and Kingston). We are also working to make this a permanent team in the Trust.
How can you get involved?
Aged 70 or above? Please help us improve our service by filling out the survey below. The feedback will be used to develop the service to meet the needs of the patient population who we care for.
