In this section

  1. Cancer care coordinators

    Cancer care coordinators usually work within primary care. They support specific groups of patients throughout the cancer treatment pathway.

  2. Cancer support workers

    Cancer support workers work alongside a team of CNSs to support people affected by cancer, enabling effective and efficient working.

  3. Cancer clinical nurse specialist (CNS)

    A cancer clinical nurse specialist (CNS) is a qualified nurse, who has specialist skills and knowledge related to a specific type of tumour or specialty.

Developing a skilled, agile, multidisciplinary workforce

Personalised care and support (PCS) for cancer patients is a core programme of work for the alliance and a priority area for the workforce and education team. 

Our cancer workforce needs the confidence, knowledge and skills to deliver PCS throughout the whole of the patient pathway, in line with national long term plan ambitions.

This section on our website contains information about some of the specific roles in cancer care.

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    Championing new ways of working

    We champion new ways of working to support cancer processes and pathways, as well as supporting those living with cancer in our area.

NHS England

We work with NHS England to provide support in a variety of ways, such as:

  • pump-prime funding for new posts
  • piloting new roles and innovative ways of working
  • commissioning education and training programmes
  • facilitating clinical nurse specialist (CNS) educational events
  • delivering communities of practice for cancer support workers (CSWs) and metastatic CNSs
  • working with CNS and  CSW groups to improve holistic needs assessment quality and performance
  • working with tumour-specific  clinical teams to improve quality and performance for personalised stratified follow-up
  • supporting implementation of the ACCEND programme. 

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