About the Changing Story of Cancer programme

In 2019 Macmillan Cancer Support funded a 2 year programme in Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System (ICS) to improve relationships between primary, secondary and community care. The programme aims to support patients and their carers whilst living with and beyond cancer.

As part of the programme, an elearning module about cancer as a long-term condition was developed. The module aims to support health and care professionals in understanding that the outcomes for people living with, and beyond cancer, have changed and the relevance of this to their roles.

About the elearning

This elearning module was developed to provide health and care professionals with an introduction to cancer and to support them in feeling confident when talking to patients about cancer as a long-term condition.

Topics include:

• the high-level facts and figures about cancer
• how outcomes for people diagnosed with cancer have improved
• why cancer can be considered a long-term condition
• where to access further training, if required

The module takes approximately 30 minutes to complete and forms part of the continuing professional (CPD) for the NHS workforce.

More information

As part of the 2 year programme in Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System (ICS), research and literature reviews highlighted:

• 1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime (CRUK, 2015)
• Kearney et al (2003) highlighted that some healthcare professionals had negative attitudes towards cancer, although there had been positive developments in screening and cancer treatments
• public and healthcare professionals’ perceptions of cancer are similar, with an initial negative response (Wood and Ward, 2000; Robb et al, 2014)

•        local training needs analysis, undertaken across Surrey Heartlands, showed local professionals understanding of their role in supporting people with cancer is variable, providing further evidence of the need to provide educational resources on the topic

Additional Resources

For further information please visit the following websites

• www.cancerresearchuk.org
• www.macmillan.org.uk
• https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/end-of-life-care/

How to access

In order to access the Changing Story of Cancer programme, you will need an e-LfH account. If you do not have one, then you can register by selecting the Register button below.

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To view the Changing Story of Cancer programme, select the View button below. If you already have an account with e-LfH, you will also be able to login and enrol on the programme from the View button.

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Not an NHS organisation?

If you are not an NHS health or care organisation and therefore do not qualify for free access e-LfH Hub, you may be able to access the service by creating an OpenAthens account.

To check whether or not you qualify for free access via OpenAthens, you can view the eligibility criteria and register on the ‘OpenAthens’ portal.

Registering large numbers of users

If you are a HR, IT or Practice Manager and would like to register and enrol large numbers of staff within your organisation for access onto the Changing Story of Cancer programme, please contact e-LfH directly.

Organisations wishing to use their own LMS

For HR departments wanting to know more about gaining access to courses using an existing Learning Management System please contact e-LfH directly to express interest.

More information

Please select the following link for more information on how to use the e-LfH Hub.