Research into unscheduled care and cancer
From PATCH’s first research grant through conference presentations and published evidence on urgent care and advanced cancer.
PATCH’s support for this research began with the charity’s first research grant, examining pain and urgent care for people with advanced cancer—including work presented at international conferences and follow-on evidence on unscheduled care use.
The charity profile also highlights work examining why people with cancer use out-of-hours care, with a view to improving services through better evidence about what happens in real clinical encounters.
Together, these pieces tell one story: building evidence that improves how seriously ill people are supported when they need help urgently.
Related news (PATCH)
Updates and announcements published on the PATCH website.
Unscheduled care attendance by people with advanced cancer is significantly greater than previously estimated
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A new paper studies the use of any NHS unscheduled care for people with advanced cancer, where previous papers have only focused on A&E. Initial funding for this research was provided by PATCH.
PATCH funded research presentation is well-received at the WONCA Europe conference 2016
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PATCH funded Dr Sarah Mills to attend the WONCA Europe conference 2016, where she gave four presentations regarding her research into unscheduled care and cancer.
PATCH-sponsored research into unscheduled care and cancer – a huge amount of progress
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A first year report on PATCH funded research into patients with advanced cancer who are seen urgently at A+E and GP Out-of-Hours services because of pain.
PATCH funds its first research project
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PATCH is part-funding a research project examining what painkillers patients with advanced cancer had been prescribed before being admitted as an emergency or seen "out of hours".