The Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance, in collaboration with MSD, is delighted to launch the LungAware online tool.
What does the tool do?
LungAware is a simple “decision tree” style tool. Users answer several straightforward questions, which ask about their age, smoking status, lung symptoms and the area of Greater Manchester in which they live.
Once this information is submitted, the tool will provide advice on next steps.
The tool has been designed by lung cancer clinicians in Greater Manchester to provide good quality, evidence-based advice in line with NICE guidance, to people who may be concerned about their symptoms, but reluctant to see seek medical advice (for a range of reasons). The tool should either reassure or encourage them to seek further healthcare advice.
www.lungaware.co.uk
Support with promotion of LungAware
We will be promoting the tool in HMR, Bury, Bolton and Stockport from November 2024, with the remaining six localities following in early 2025. You may see adverts on buses/ bus stops or on social media.
As well as the social media toolkit available here, we also have posters and leaflets available if you would like to help promote the tool. Please email gmcancer.comms@nhs.net to request these items.