1. CCN Nursing in Cancer Care: The Plan for 2013/14
Paul Smith WBCC
Barry Keane MCH RCTS
Central Cancer Network

2. Nursing in Cancer Care
Nurses are essential to interdisciplinary cancer control efforts, as nurses make an important contribution to meeting the needs of people affected by cancer at all stages of the cancer journey.
EdCan National Education Framework (Aust), 2006.
Nurses make a unique contribution to cancer care:
Proving care and delivering treatment in multidisciplinary context
Enhancing the experience of a persons cancer treatment journey
Important to continue to strengthen nursing in terms of:
Nursing professional development – well prepared workforce
Exploring new nursing models – looking at new ways of doing things

3. Looking Back Jan 11 – Specialist Cancer Nursing Report
Oct 11 – CCN Nurse Directors appointed
Nov 11- Scoping of Cancer Nursing Regionally
March 12 – Cancer Nursing Strategy
Sept 12 – Cancer Nurse Coordinator project
August 13 – National Cancer Nursing Forum
Tracking the development of the ND role
Only Cancer Network to have a formal nursing leadership role
Tension between regional and national work – provides opportunities - mirrors Cancer Network perspective
Within CCN a mix of: Nursing specific projects/ Contribution to wider CCN work programme

4. Leadership and Communication
Contribute Nursing Voice to CCN Work
Regional Communication Plan
Support development of national cancer nursing collaborative
Role cemented in CCN team makeup
Strengthen regional communication
Follow through on supporting national development – many benefits regionally

5. Excellence in Cancer Care
Promote key worker concept across primary/ secondary integration
Development of Cancer Nurse Coordinator Model
Chemotherapy nurse education regionally/ nationally
CNC project given us an opportunity to explore further primary secondary linkages for cancer nursing
Opportunity to link with our Australian colleagues for professional development
Specific need to look at a national care of the patient receiving anti neoplastic therapy nursing programme

6. Workforce Development
Implement learnings from CNC project across nursing roles regionally
Strengthen nursing alignment across the two cancer centres
Development of the knowledge and skills framework for cancer nursing
Central region a possible pilot for knowledge and skills framework implementation

7. Research and Evidence Base
Development of the learning matrix as a tool for CNS development
Scope development of academic chair for cancer nursing
Scope development of national cancer nursing programme in collaboration for Australian centres
Intern programmes for CNS / NP roles

8. Aims of 2013/14
Prioritize on professional development opportunities for cancer nursing
Pursue activities that promote alignment for nursing across cancer centres and integration across primary/ secondary care
Support development of national cancer nursing collaborative
Key themes
What we develop nationally will deliver regionally eg CNC and K & Skills framework projects