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Welcome to the Greater Midlands Cancer Network (GMCN) Website
Welcome to the New and Improved website for the Greater Midlands Cancer Network
Please take time to navigate through the pages on the left hand side to view information about who we are, what we do and the many Groups we support.
The Diary link at the top of the page will give more information about the groups we support such as details of meeting dates, times and locations along with papers of previous and future meetings.
Whilst this website is under development, new content will be added on a daily basis so please come back and visit us on a regular basis.
This Website has been funded by a grant from Macmillan Cancer Support. The Network Team express their grateful thanks to Macmillan and all their supporters for this essential support.
Cancer Networks to Continue Beyond 2013
To learn more please follow the link below:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/MediaCentre/Pressreleases/DH_127035
West Midlands Cancer Drug Fund - Information for Patients
The Cancer Drugs Fund is set to continue, £200 million is being made available in each of the next 3 years in England, this translates to over £20 million a year in the West Midlands, more information can be found on the NHS West Midlands Website:
http://westmidlands.nhs.uk/WhatWeDo/WestMidlandsCancerDrugFund.aspx
Quality in Care Partnership Awards Programme
The Quality in Care Partnership is a recently launched initiative that, for the first time, brings together an unprecedented collection of NHS, charity and professional groups with the aim of spreading best practice in cancer care throughout the UK. It was launched by Professor Sir Mike Richards and Stephen Parsons of the National Cancer Action Team (NCAT). The initiative centres around an awards programme where outstanding cancer practice can be recognised, rewarded and then disseminated, to ensure maximum benefit to cancer patients.
The awards are open to professional teams and individuals, patient support organisations, journalists and even patients. Entries are welcome from people within all walks of cancer care who are contribution to furthering the lives of cancer patients in the UK.
More information and entry forms can be found at the website www.qualityincare.org/awards/oncology and the deadline for entries is Friday 20th July 2012.