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Grahame Morris supports Prostate Cancer Charity ? Grahame ...

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Easington MP Grahame Morris has expressed support for work being undertaken by The Prostate Cancer Charity to identify a national set of standards of quality prostate cancer care.

After a wide-ranging consultation with people affected by prostate cancer, The Prostate Cancer Charity has compiled a draft set of standards that set out what good quality care looks like. The Charity is now calling on men who have been affected by prostate cancer, their partners and healthcare professionals to provide feedback on the standards, to ensure they reflect the care men with prostate cancer need.

Once finalised, The Prostate Cancer Charity will be working with the Government, health professionals and commissioners to ensure these standards are implemented across the country, so that men everywhere receive the same high quality care ? regardless of where they live.

Grahame Morris MP said,

?Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK, which is why I believe it?s essential we know exactly what people affected by the disease require and expect from our health service?

?I am therefore delighted to back calls for national standards of care, and would urge anyone with direct or indirect experience of the disease to feed back on The Prostate Cancer Charity?s draft standards. Men everywhere deserve quality prostate cancer care, and delivering that is what this initiative is all about.?

Owen Sharp, Chief Executive of The Prostate Cancer Charity, said:

?It?s fantastic that Grahame Morris has backed our call, and I look forward working with him over the months ahead to make this a reality?.

?We need national standards of quality prostate cancer care to ensure that healthcare providers and NHS staff know what services and level of care they should be providing to patients. We also need standards to ensure that men who have, or are concerned about, prostate cancer know exactly what level of care and support they are entitled to receive.

?Before we finalise our standards we need to be absolutely clear that they reflect what men with prostate cancer want ? which is why we want to hear from as many people with experience of the disease as possible.?

To view and feedback on The Prostate Cancer Charity?s draft standards of quality prostate cancer care visit: www.prostate-cancer.org.uk/takeaction

Alternatively, to receive a hard copy by post, please call 0208 222 7651

NOTES TO EDITORS:

1. The Prostate Cancer Charity?s development of standards of quality prostate cancer care

Why do we need a national set of standards of quality care?

We believe that men with prostate cancer should have the same high quality care, regardless of where they live. We need national standards of quality prostate cancer care to ensure that healthcare providers and NHS staff know exactly what services and standard of care they should be providing. We also need them to ensure that men who have, or are concerned about, prostate cancer know exactly what level of care and support they are entitled to.

How do we know that the quality of care currently varies across the country?

The Prostate Cancer Charity surveyed over 700 men affected by prostate cancer and their families and found that variations exist in the care that men receive across the UK. These variations appear at every stage of the patient journey ? from diagnosis through treatment, to living with side effects and beyond.

What is The Prostate Cancer Charity doing to address these issues?

We are developing national standards of quality prostate cancer care in partnership with men, their partners, families and friends and other experts, such as healthcare professionals.

We want our standards to cover every stage of the prostate cancer journey, and to include support for family members and carers too.

What we?ve done so far to inform these standards:

  • Surveyed over 700 UK people affected by prostate cancer and their families
  • Held?round table discussions to gather the views of health care professionals and people affected by prostate cancer across the UK
  • Interviewed healthcare professionals to get their views on quality care
  • Held focus groups to allow men with prostate cancer to feed their thoughts into the development of the standards

We have used the information secured through these methods to develop a draft set of standards. We would like people with experience of prostate cancer to help us finalise these.

About Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in men in the UK. Every year in the UK 37,000 men are diagnosed with the disease and 250,000 men are living with it. One man dies every hour of prostate cancer in the UK.

African Caribbean men are three times more likely to develop prostate cancer than white men.

The Prostate Cancer Charity is striving for a world where lives are no longer limited by prostate cancer. The Charity is fighting prostate cancer on every front ? through research, support, information and campaigning.

If you have any queries about prostate cancer, call The Prostate Cancer Charity?s Helpline 0800 074 8383 which is staffed by specialist nurses and open from 10am to 4pm Monday to Friday and Wednesdays from 7 ? 9pm or visit www.prostate-cancer.org.uk

ENDS

Confidential Helpline: 0800 074 8383

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