Transcript Macmillan Information bus visited the network for 13 days in 2008

Cancer awareness and
information vehicle
Sandra Rowlands
Cancer Awareness Services Manager
Paul Mackenzie
Health Inequalities Manager
Background
• Macmillan Information bus
visited the network for 13
days in 2008
– Macmillan target is 6000
contacts per year
– MCCN had 1815 contacts
in less than 2 weeks
• Need identified for similar
service
– Obvious demand
– High Incidence and
mortality rates
– Early Detection and
Prevention strategy
Types of venues and groups visited
• Shopping
centres/supermarkets
• Mosque
• Chinese community
centre
• Construction sites
• Work places
• Town centres
• Mathew Street Music
Festival
• Chester Liverpool
Bike Ride
• The seaside West
Kirby and Llandudno
• Chester Zoo
• Conferences
• Deaf centre
Levels of intervention
Number of Enquiries for Skin Related Visits for level 2,
3 and 4 intervention
Visitors by Gender Breakdown for Skin for Levels 2, 3,
&4
Age Range of Visitors for Skin Related Enquiries
If you had not visited iVan how likely would it have been for you to visit
your GP or go to another service?
Economic evaluation
iVan service costs
£150,000 pa
Sample 10 cases
from each cancer
Compare costs at
different stages of
presentation
Map CISSU data
against PbR and
other costs
Compound
sampling until
data saturation
across each part
of the pathway
Validate typical
pathway with
clinicians
For each part of the pathway calculate the range
and cost median
CASE STUDY…
Conclusions
The iVan service
• Provides assessment/advice at the different
intervention levels depending upon client need
• Is highly rated by professionals and clients
• Appeals to different groups in society
• Can target specific areas
• Is identifying cancers and non cancer pathology
• Is likely to be very cost effective
• Provides prompts to clients to attend their GP
• Reinforces the message to check things out with
their doctor if they are worried about symptoms