A PILOT scheme providing certain cancer patients in the Forth Valley with a single point of contact is set to continue.
Thanks to Scottish Government funding, the Single Point of Contact (SPoC) pilot will continue at NHS Forth Valley, along with 11 other projects in the country.
The pilot schemes provide patients with ongoing contact for support, putting them at the heart of all decisions and actions involving them throughout their care journey.
As part of the funding announcement, NHS Forth Valley has received £67,556 for two healthcare support workers to provide a single point of contact for seven tumour groups.
It is part of more than £1.5m provided by the Scottish Government to a total of 12 projects with money delivered in response to needs identified by individual health boards.
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Announcing the funding, First Minister John Swinney said: “We are fully focused on improving cancer survival and delivering excellent and accessible care is at the core of how we do that.
“The Single Point of Contact Service meets requirements identified by boards to deliver improvements in communication and support for patients with navigating cancer care.”
Health Improvement Scotland is currently carrying out a scalability assessment of all 12 projects in order to identify best practice and how best to scale and expand these pilots.
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