Improving patients’ experience of prostate cancer care (September 2008)
In England, improvement of cancer services is a policy priority, and improving patients’ experience of cancer care is an important element of this policy. National surveys of patient experience of cancer care have shown that patients with prostate cancer report less positive experiences of care than patients with other cancers. strategies to improve patients’ experience of prostate cancer care are being implemented at national and local levels. However, we still lack good quality information in this area about patients’ as well as carers’ experience of care. This summary is based on research conducted by a team led by Richard Baker at the University of Leicester (Baker et al. 2007) and commissioned by the NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation Programme (SDO). It is for any health professionals interested in improving the quality of care for patients with prostate cancer and their carers, including clinicians, policy makers, health managers and those in the voluntary sector.
Research Summary
In England, improvement of cancer services is a policy priority, and improving patients’ experience of cancer care is an important element of this policy. National surveys of patient experience of cancer care have shown that patients with prostate cancer report less positive experiences of care than patients with other cancers. strategies to improve patients’ experience of prostate cancer care are being implemented at national and local levels. However, we still lack good quality information in this area about patients’ as well as carers’ experience of care. This summary is based on research conducted by a team led by Richard Baker at the University of Leicester (Baker et al. 2007) and commissioned by the NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation Programme (SDO). It is for any health professionals interested in improving the quality of care for patients with prostate cancer and their carers, including clinicians, policy makers, health managers and those in the voluntary sector.
Research Summary
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