Published by NHS England 8th November 2019:
A Prehabilitation Project Manager considers how Macmillan is incorporating personalised care to form a wealthier conversation with people post cancer diagnosis, empowering them to become involved in their care plan and enabling more tailored and individual support.
"Occupational therapists (OTs) have always taken a client-centred approach, which is consistent with the principles and practice of personalisation. What matters to a patient is core for an OT and our work centres around the person, their occupations and their environment, helping people fulfil their potential to the best of their ability.
Getting to know people is really important; it makes the job so much more interesting and makes you feel you’re really having an impact on their life.
As an occupational therapist in my new role as Macmillan Prehabilitation Project Manager I have been able to use this approach and introduce practical methods of how colleagues can apply this approach too. My new role is to determine the feasibility of providing prehabilitation to cancer patients to improve their health and wellbeing to better prepare them for their cancer journey, whether that be curative or palliative.
What matters to a person is key and more often than not services are developed without this in mind. The NHS Long Term Plan drives personalised care to ensure we get a better understanding of what matters to patients and thus develop services with them at the centre."
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