Sarcoma Pathway Board

This page contains information from the Greater Manchester Cancer Sarcoma Pathway Board and the work it is undertaking. If you are affected by sarcoma, or you are worried about symptoms, please visit the links below.

Key People

Amit Kumar, Clinical Lead, sarcoma pathway boardMr Amit Kumar 

He is a member of the Greater Manchester & Oswestry Sarcoma Service and main interest is soft tissue sarcomas and metastatic disease. HIs goals as pathway director are to improve outcomes in Sarcoma patients and increase awareness for the Greater Manchester population.

 

Louise Farnworth

Louise is the pathway manager for Acute Oncology, HPB and Sarcoma. The boards offer an objective and collaborative approach to service improvement and bring together stakeholders from across Greater Manchester to create an engaged, multidisciplinary board which is representative of the whole patient pathway.

Louise started working for Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance in November 2023.

Prior to working at Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance Louise started her NHS career as an operational manager for surgical services and medicine services at both Salford Royal and East Cheshire Trust. She developed a wide range of knowledge and experience in frontline management.

Most recently Louise worked for Trafford Council as a commissioning Manager for Children and Young Peoples Mental Health. During this role Louise developed a passion for system wide working in order to reduce health inequalities and ensure equal access to treatment for all patients and families.

Contact Louise

Sarcoma pathway board document library

If you need any information from this page in a different format please contact us using gmcancer.admin@nhs.net.

The Suspected Cancer Referral Form for Sarcoma can be found here.

Personalised Care

Embedding patient-centred, holistic practice into cancer care

Graphic shows various people walking down a road depicting their cancer pathway. The various signs along the road read; Cancer Genomic Testing – new offer in development available within some cancer conditions Holistic Needs Assessment – Helps you identify the concerns that are most important so your healthcare team can refer you to other services if you need more help or support. Personalised Care Support Plan (PCSP) – captures and provides a written record of the HNA conversations, decisions and agreed outcomes to support your health and wellbeing. Treatment Summary Cancer Care Review – conversation between a patient and your GP or a Practice Nurse to provide support after a cancer diagnosis Health and Wellbeing Support Patient Stratified Follow up (PSFU) – Give patients control over their follow up care allowing them to be seen when needed such as when their symptoms or circumstances change, otherwise avoiding the inconvenience of appointments of low clinical value. Community Groups Online Support Supported Self Management