Safety Netting in Primary Care

In this webinar, Dr Sarah Taylor and Dr Pawan Randev explored safety netting patients with suspected cancer and the particular challenges posed by COVID-19.

Audience: This webinar is suitable for primary care professionals across NHS England.

Key speakers:

• Dr Sarah Taylor, Cancer Research UK GP and GatewayC GP Lead
• Dr Pawan Randev, Cancer Research UK GP East Midlands Cancer Alliance and GP Trainer

References:

• Bowel Cancer UK (2019) Symptoms Diary. [Online]. [Accessed 1 September 2020] Available from: https://bowelcancerorguk.s3.amazonaws.com/BCAM%202019/SymptomsDiaryApr2019.pdf

• Cancer Research UK (2020) Delivering the Primary Care Network (PCN) service specification on early diagnosis 2020/21. [Online]. [Accessed 1 September 2020] Available from: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/learning-and-support/resources/gp-contract-guide/delivering-the-pcn-service#Improving-referrals1
• Cancer Research UK (2016) Early diagnosis of cancer: how do we make sure patients don’t slip through the net?. [Online]. [Accessed 1 September 2020] Available from:https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/sites/default/files/safety_netting_england_201607.pdf
• Cancer Research UK (2020) Health Professional COVID-19 and Cancer Hub. [Online]. [Accessed 1 September 2020] Available from: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/diagnosis/hp-covid-19-and-cancer-hub
• Cancer Research UK (2020) Safety netting. [Online]. [Accessed 1 September 2020] Available from: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/diagnosis/suspected-cancer-referral-best-practice/safety-netting
• Cancer Research UK (2020) Safety netting patients during the COVID-19 recovery phase. [Online]. [Accessed 1 September 2020]. Available from: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/sites/default/files/safety_netting_guide_for_gps_and_practices_11.06.20.pdf
• Fleming, S., Nicholson, B, D., Bhuiya, A., de Lusignan, S., Hirst, Y., Hobbs, R., Perera, R., Sherlock, J., Yonova, I., and Blankhead, C. (2020) CASNET2: evaluation of an electronic safety netting cancer toolkit for the primary care electronic health record: protocol for a pragmatic stepped-wedge RCT. BMJ Open, (10), pp. 1 – 12. Link: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/10/8/e038562.full.pdf
• Lung Cancer Clinical Expert Group (2020) Differentiation of the Cs in Lung Cancer: Cancer vs. COVID. [Online]. [Accessed 5 August 2020] Available from: https://www.healthylondon.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Differentiation-of-the-Cs-in-lung-cancer_-Cancer-vs.-COVID.pdf
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