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Early Diagnosis Programme Board - Patient and Carer Representative
Do you have recent lived experience of cancer, and a passion for and understanding of early diagnosis? You have the opportunity to join our early diagnosis programme board and make a real difference by championing the diverse views of patients and carers.

Earlier and faster diagnosis of cancer is dependent on people understanding and being aware of the early signs and symptoms of cancer, by taking up screening programmes or visiting a healthcare professional. Healthcare professionals must also be aware of and have the tools to hand to ensure a timely referral.

A programme of work has been established on behalf of GM Cancer Alliance and the GM system to support the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan early cancer diagnosis ambition.

For more information about this opportunity, please read the role profile.

 

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Opportunity Details

Closing Date:January 31, 2025
Location:Hybrid
Hours/Commitment:Long Term – regular time required over a period of 6 months plus
Experience Required:No experience required
Urology Pathway Board - Patient and Carer Representative
We are currently looking for 1-2 people with lived experience of a urological cancer to join the Urology Pathway Board. We are particularly interested to hear from anyone who has/had, or supported someone with, bladder and/or prostate cancer.

The urology pathway board is a multi-disciplinary team of varied clinical and non-clinical members that focusses on the development and improvement of urological cancer services across Greater Manchester.

The role of the Patient and Carer Representatives is to represent and communicate what matters to patients and carers within the urology cancer pathway. The urology small community meetings are designed to support this, alongside any additional external support groups/meetings.

For more information, please take a look at the role profile.

If you are interested or want to find out more, please contact us by clicking ‘enquire about opportunity’.

 

 

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Opportunity Details

Closing Date:January 31, 2025
Location:Hybrid
Hours/Commitment:Long Term – regular time required over a period of 6 months plus
Experience Required:Some specific experience required
Experience Required:Lived experience of a urological cancer as a patient or carer
Manchester Cancer Research Centre (MCRC) - pre-clinical study focus groups and reviewers (external)
We are looking for public and patient contributors to be involved in research design. Over the course of the next 12 months, we would love to hear from you if you would like to get involved. This can range from shaping research ideas through focus groups, reviewing grants or draft submissions, providing feedback on materials for the public, developing events for the public, and discussing challenges in research, such as health inequalities or animal research.

Specific Opportunities November 2024 – Jan 2025

  • Helping to develop and champion World Cancer Day 2025 @ Manchester Cancer Research Centre (4th Feb 2025)
  • Radiotherapy projects working with animals – help to test new ideas around efficacy and learn lessons from radiotherapy treatment pathways

If you are interested in any of the above, please get in contact with simon.reeds@manchester.ac.uk for a discussion or more details.

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Opportunity Details

Closing Date:January 31, 2025
Location:Hybrid
Hours/Commitment:One-off Event/Task
Experience Required:No experience required
Experience Required:Experience of cancer treatment can be helpful, but not required
Tags:acute oncology, Breast, colorectal, Head and neck, lung, oesophago-gastric, skin, Urology
Join our small communities!
Would you like to use your experience to help improve cancer services across Greater Manchester? Join our small communities!

A small community can be defined as an ‘expert by experience’ focus group, where members share lived experience of a particular cancer type/pathway, and help us to make improvements.

We are looking to expand our small communities to ensure we hear from a diverse range of patient and carer viewpoints, and are particularly interested in those who have been diagnosed or affected by cancer recently.

For more information on small communities, and experience/skills required, please read our terms of reference and our role profile

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Opportunity Details

Closing Date:January 31, 2026
Location:Hybrid
Hours/Commitment:Long Term – regular time required over a period of 6 months plus
Experience Required:Some specific experience required
Experience Required:Experience as a patient or carer with a specific cancer type: breast, colorectal, gynaecological, head and neck, lung, oesophago-gastric (OG), skin or urology.