Published: 06/02/24
A free early cancer diagnosis resource for primary care professional.
With funding secured from Scottish Government, NES are rolling out GatewayC (a free early cancer diagnosis resource for primary care professionals) across NHS Scotland in April 2024.
To support this rollout, GatewayC are looking for a few pharmacy professionals to review the messaging associated with the cancer programme and module promotion. The short session will take place on Tuesday, 12th March (11:30 – 11:55).
If you would like to get involved and take part in the development of this exciting new resource, please contact CPS by sending your interest to enquiries@cps.scot.
Gateway C supports early cancer diagnosis with free NHS-funded courses for healthcare professionals. Accessible, practical, and confidence-building.
We have been asked to highlight this survey about cancer care in the community, being run by undergraduates at Strathclyde University, to our newsletter readers.
Our pharmacy colleagues in the Scottish cancer networks have flagged that the Scottish guidelines for referral of suspected cancer are in the process of being reviewed.
Scotland has seen an increase in the incidence of oral and oropharyngeal (throat) cancers in the last 30 years with rates significantly higher in Scotland than the UK average
Our colleagues at NHS GG&C and Cancer Research UK have asked us to extend all community pharmacy team members an invite to an upcoming webinar on detecting cancer early
The contract for the management of Scottish Government posters in pharmacies has moved from Republic of Media (who subcontracted the work to Tactical Media) to APS Group

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