How we are helping Primary Care Networks and GP address health inequalities and improve cancer outcomes

Healthworks is supporting Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and surgeries across Newcastle, Gateshead, North Tyneside and Northumberland to help address health inequalities and improve cancer outcomes, in line with The Northern Cancer Alliance workplan and the DES guidelines.

The aim by 2028 is that 75% of cancers will be diagnosed at Stage 1 or 2, this meaning 55,000 people would survive or extend their lives by 5 years, early diagnosis and treatment is crucial in achieving that.

Healthworks are able to offer practical support to GPs, initially to improve the uptake of cancer screening rates and to increase early cancer diagnosis. We discuss with staff the individual needs of the surgeries and their communities, helping to identify any barriers and how to address them, to view/track screening data, to be a point of contact for PCNs and to provide any training needs identified, raise cancer awareness and to link in with our community cancer team and promote the cancer awareness/cancer champion training they can deliver to staff within the GPs.

If you’d like to find out more about the other cancer awareness work we do, please pop over to the Cancer Awareness webpage.