Improving Early Diagnosis of Cancer:
Working to Save the 5000*
An afternoon of “speed dating” with our secondary care colleagues to improve
patient experiences in diagnosing their cancer
Thursday 11th July 2013
1:00 – 6:00 pm, Denman Room, Exeter Racecourse
1:00 – 1:55
Registration & Buffet Lunch
1:55 – 2:00
Welcome & Introduction
2:00 – 2:10
Aims of the day:
 To follow-up issues raised through significant
event audits
 To have small group dialogue with secondary
care colleagues around our symptoms, patient
presentations and referrals
 To improve the liaison between primary and
secondary care
 To use the afternoon for airing your ideas on
improving patient experience in diagnosing
their cancer
An opportunity to talk with our secondary care
colleagues about issues raised in our audits and
arrive at service improvement ideas. Break into
parallel sessions for specialities:
2:10-3:25
(3 sessions
X 25mins
each)
 Urology – Dr John McGrath
 Skin – Dr Emily McGrath, Dr Tony Downs
 Gynaecology – Mr John Renninson
Gill Champion
Dr Prue Mitchell
All
 GI – Dr Tariq Ahmad, Mr Andrew Gee, Mr
Steve Mansfield
 Respiratory/lung – Dr Elizabeth Toy, Dr Tom
Whitehead or Dr Nick Withers
 Breast- Mr Douglas Ferguson
3:25- 3:45
Tea break
All
3:45- 5:00
(3 sessions
X 25mins
each)
Parallel sessions continued:
All
5:00-5:20
Plenary to receive 3 key messages per speciality
on how to improve the future
5:20-6.00
An overview on what GPs can do to improve
diagnosing cancers at an earlier stage and some of
the common mistakes GPs make which may result
in missing a cancer diagnosis.
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Urology – Dr John McGrath
Skin – Dr Emily McGrath, Dr Tony Downs
Gynaecology – Mr John Renninson
GI – Dr Tariq Ahmad, Mr Andrew Gee, Mr
Steve Mansfield
 Respiratory/lung – Dr Elizabeth Toy, Dr Tom
Whitehead or Dr Nick Withers
 Breast- Mr Douglas Ferguson
* Department of Health (2011) Improving Outcomes - A Strategy for Cancer.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-national-cancer-strategy
Dr Rob Turner
Professor Willie
Hamilton