Project Title: Quality of Life Metric
Project Start Date: September 2017
Project End Date: June 2019
Funding: NHS England
Aims and objectives
The project aims to evaluate the implementation of a Quality of Life Metric across 5 Cancer Alliances in England to inform national rollout. The metric will aim to compare the quality of life of cancer patients post-treatment across different providers for service development. The new ‘quality of life’ metric will be made available on My NHS – helping patients, the public, clinicians and health service providers see how well their local after cancer care support is doing. The 5 cancer alliances involved are as follows:
Cheshire & Merseyside
- Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust
- St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Northern Cancer Alliance
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Northumbria NHS Trust
- The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
East of England
- Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust
North Central & North East London
- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (TBC)
- Barts Health NHS Trust
Wessex
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
For further information about this study, please contact Dr Sarah Gelcich