AN EAST Lancashire GP has been honoured for his work on a pioneering project supporting people affected by cancer.
Dr Neil Smith, a Macmillan GP for NHS Blackburn with Darwen and NHS East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Groups, collected the Macmillan Profession Award for Excellence in Innovation, for his scheme now set to be rolled out across the country.
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Through delivering some large-scale events and engagement with the two Clinical Commissioning Groups and other partners, all 89 GP practices in the area now have a lead cancer GP and practice nurse.
The nurses are now competent to carry out cancer care reviews and more than 800 new reviews have already been taken.
Dr Smith received a certificate and £150 while his team received a plaque and £500.
Dr Smith is part of a team of 31 local Macmillan professionals supporting people affected by cancer. He said: “The simple message of my work has been ‘think cancer’. I was inspired by 20 years as a GP and being involved in the terrible outcomes that cancer can create, how it can devastate not only the lives of the patients but their carers.”
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