Current Opportunities

This forms part of a project primarily centred around improving the way EOTS are used by primary care to help with people’s ongoing care. The current templates are being re-worked to:

1. Improve how easily coded and processed EOTS can be by primary care staff
2. To look at any ways to improve the documents accessibility for patients, carers/family and more

You will support with feedback on current templates and revisions, and may be invited to join a task and finish group to discuss further. If you are interested to take part please send us a brief expression of interest and detail any similar work you have been involved in.

The representative will need to attend 3-4 meetings with the AI developer and a small task and finish group. The candidate will also be a stakeholder in the wider BRIDGE project steering group. Dates to be available:

• 14th May 12-12.30pm (AI Developer meeting)
• 19th June 3-4pm (BRIDGE steering group)

Our two-day conference, taking place in central Manchester, will welcome up to 600 delegates each day and also have additional delegates joining us virtually.

If you are interested in participating in this opportunity or would like more information please contact us through the ‘Enquire About Opportunity’ tab below or email the Cancer Voices email address gmcancer.voices@nhs.net. Please include a few lines about why you would like to be involved.

Our two-day conference, taking place in central Manchester, will welcome up to 600 delegates each day and also have additional delegates joining us virtually.

If you are interested in participating in this opportunity or would like more information please contact us through the ‘Enquire About Opportunity’ tab below or email the Cancer Voices email address gmcancer.voices@nhs.net. Please include a few lines about why you would like to be involved.

Our two-day conference, taking place in central Manchester, will welcome up to 600 delegates each day and also have additional delegates joining us virtually.

If you are interested in participating in this opportunity or would like more information please contact us through the ‘Enquire About Opportunity’ tab below or email the Cancer Voices email address gmcancer.voices@nhs.net. Please include a few lines about why you would like to be involved.

Our two-day conference, taking place in central Manchester, will welcome up to 600 delegates each day and also have additional delegates joining us virtually.

If you are interested in participating in this opportunity or would like more information please contact us through the ‘Enquire About Opportunity’ tab below or email the Cancer Voices email address gmcancer.voices@nhs.net. Please include a few lines about why you would like to be involved.

It is a varied meeting with all the pathway boards and programmes boards presenting progress on their deliverables, explaining their financial position and identifying any new and emerging risks including how they’re being managed.

The patient and carer representative provides a unique perspective and is in the perfect position to appropriately challenge the updates given to the group and they are an integral part of the decision making. As the programme assurance meetings cover all elements of the Cancer Alliance Programme, we need you to ensure that we continue to have the patient at the heart of everything we do, and by bringing the diverse views of your fellow representatives who sit on the individual boards, ensure that the lived experience is informing our progression.

Availability: Second Wednesday of every month, usually 10am-12pm

Programme Assurance Group (PAG) role profile_

The head and neck pathway board is a multi-disciplinary team of varied clinical and non-clinical members that focusses on the development and improvement of cancer services for head and neck cancers.

The pathway board works collaboratively, using innovative approaches to improve the head and neck cancer pathway, and in line with national guidance. Each pathway board has an annual work programme which reports quarterly into Greater Manchester Cancer Board.

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

H&N Pathway Board Patient and Carer Representative – Role Profile

The GM Faster Diagnosis Programme Group work across the GM Integrated Care System to increase the number of patients diagnosed within the 28-day target. This includes initiatives such as supporting Trusts in delivering the Best Practice Timed Pathways for each cancer type, and a Non-Site-Specific Pathway for patients with more general cancer symptoms that do not clearly fit into a specific type of cancer.

Role Profile – FD Delivery Group

Core Interventions are made up of Holistic Needs Assessments and Personalised Care and Support Plans, End of Treatment Summaries, Personalised Stratified Follow Up and Cancer Care reviews.

Dates to be available: May 13th, September 16th, December 2nd

Personalised Care Delivery Group Role Profile

The Colorectal Pathway Board is a multi-disciplinary team of varied clinical and non-clinical members that has a responsibility to improve cancer care for patients on the Greater Manchester colorectal pathway.

The Pathway Board representative represents the collective views of local patients with cancer, and carers at the Pathway Board meetings by identifying appropriate areas for contribution.

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

Colorectal Pathway Board Patient and Carer Representative – Role Profile Nov 24

Our primary objectives are: Reducing Time to diagnosis, Achieve National Cancer Targets, Streamlining Referral-to-Treatment Pathways and Improving Patient Experience. As a representative, you will work alongside another representative to ensure that the voices of patients and carers are heard and considered in the board’s decisions. Through these efforts, we seek to ensure that cancer patients in GM receive the best possible care with minimal delays, aligning with the broader national strategy for cancer care excellence.

Role Profile – FDS OP TV

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.

Our Cancer Conference is back for 2025. Our two-day conference, taking place in central Manchester, will welcome up to 600 delegates each day and also have additional delegates joining us virtually.

Each day, our host will open our conference with a few words. We currently have an opportunity for a Patient and Carer Representative to join our host on day 2 (26th November) to welcome our delegates to the conference. You will be asked to say a few words about why our chosen theme (to be confirmed) is important to you and why we should remember to keep patients at the heart of what we do throughout the conference day.

You will be asked to speak for approximately 3-5 minutes and will take place first thing in the morning, at approximately 9:15am. You will be supported by our host on stage in case of any nerves and the team will help you to decide what you may like to say beforehand. We will ask you to arrive at the venue no later than 08:45 on the day to show you the stage and how your microphone will work.

If you are interested in participating in this opportunity or would like more information please contact us through the ‘Enquire About Opportunity’ tab below or email the Cancer Voices email address gmcancer.voices@nhs.net. Please include a few lines about why you would like to be involved.

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