NCUK Virtual Patient Handbook

g on local context and priorities, however, the overall aim is to offer nage their own care. tered healthcare practitioners, usually a Clinical Nurse Specialist practical worries, for example, appointment / scan dates and care support services. This can give the CNS more time to deal with out- ncerns. The CN / CSW role can also be essential to the effective eam at the hospital. In practice the CN / CSW contact details may be

ing for what is known as a single point of contact (SPOC): ence and outcomes by providing a single point of contact. rney’ from suspicion of cancer, through diagnosis and -up / end of life care.

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