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Original Feedback for Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH):


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Cancer post-diagnosis meeting too rushed

When you are diagnosed with cancer at the N&N, you immediately talk to a doctor about provisions that should be put in place outside of medical care. This meeting covers things like finding out whether you are eligible for PIP, where to go to arrange carers, how to get a radar key etc. They rush through a checklist with you, and expect you to take it all in. But being told you have cancer is such a life-changing event, that often we find patients are not in the frame of mind to process all the practical information that is thrown at you when you are feeling so vulnerable. This meeting should take place maybe a week after diagnosis, when the patient has had time to reflect on the diagnosis. Also, sometimes you might wait weeks after diagnosis before you hear from any clinicians because, understandably, they are deciding which treatment is most appropriate for you. Therefore, a meeting held a week later that runs through the practicalities will reassure the patient as they will at least feel as though they are maintaining contact with staff at the hospital. Also, a review of the literature they send to newly diagnosed patients should take place to make it more reassuring.

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