The Personalised Care Programme is managed through a number of delivery groups responsible for specific projects. Below is an overview of the delivery groups and key contacts.
Personalised Care Delivery Group
This group is responsible for supporting the implementation of Personalised Care Core Interventions in to patient pathways. These include Holistic Needs Assessments (HNAs), Personalised Care Support Plans (PCSPs), Cancer Care Reviews (CCRs) and Personalised Stratified Follow-up (PSFU).
This group also oversee The Alliance’s strategy for improving access to health and wellbeing resources for all patients diagnosed with cancer and the The Live Well with Cancer (LWwC) Programme.
Key people
Dr Lydia Briggs,
Clinical Lead for Personalised Care
Michelle Leach, Live Well with Cancer Programme Manager
Katie Law, Programme Manager for Genomics/Psychological Support
Miranda Breen, Personalised Care Manager for Health and Wellbeing
Andrea Webber, Core Interventions Project Manager
Simran Chandler, Genomics Project Manager
Lisa Heys, Genomics Project Manager
Olivia Gunby, Personalised Care Manager, Psychological Support & Mental Health
Max Thomasson, Personalised Care Project Support Officer
Genomics Delivery Group
This group brings together all organisations across Greater Manchester who are responsible for embedding genomic testing in to oncology pathways.
Key people
Dr Matthew Krebs,
Cancer Genomics Clinical Lead, North West Genomics Laboratory Hub
Simran Chander
Project Manager for Genomics
Lisa Heys, Project Manager for Genomics
Psychological Support and Mental Health Delivery Group
The group is made up of multi-disciplinary professionals and patient representatives from across the cancer system to improve whole pathway for psychological care from diagnosis, through treatment, cancer rehabilitation, recovery, living with and beyond cancer and end of life care. This includes, but is not exclusively, psycho-oncology teams who share expertise across the whole pathway, including consultation and training with primary care and “Talking Therapies” services.
Key people
Anita Ghosh
Katie Law, Programme Manager for Genomics/Psychological Support
Olivia Gunby, Personalised Care Manager, Psychological Support & Mental Health