Greater Manchester Cancer Vanguard Innovation
Weighing up benefits of user involvement

Weighing up benefits of user involvement

The Macmillan User Involvement programme brought together people affected by cancer who had taken part in Vanguard Innovation projects to evaluate the impact representatives had made on the Innovation projects. Programme Director Jenny Scott said that having service...
Film showcases benefits of digital pathology

Film showcases benefits of digital pathology

Vanguard Innovation’s latest film describes how we ran a successful project to explore the benefits of the latest technology in cancer pathology. Digital pathology is a system that captures a digital image of human tissue samples that can be shared very quickly among...
Northern exposure for pioneering GP education platform

Northern exposure for pioneering GP education platform

A pioneering digital platform that supports GPs in detecting the early signs of cancer is to be rolled out across the north of England. Vanguard Innovation project Gateway-C has proved so successful that 73 per cent of GP surgeries in Greater Manchester and Eastern...
The Christie backs ground-breaking ‘Cancer Champion’ scheme

The Christie backs ground-breaking ‘Cancer Champion’ scheme

The Christie has backed ground-breaking efforts to recruit an army of ‘Cancer Champions’ in Greater Manchester. The world-leading cancer centre has officially signed up to endorse the Vanguard Innovation scheme in which individuals use their passion and commitment to...
Update for stakeholders on progress in aftercare

Update for stakeholders on progress in aftercare

Experts from across Greater Manchester described the new landscape of aftercare services at an event for stakeholders. The event at The Christie aimed to update patients and their families, as well as health professionals, about Vanguard Innovation’s progress in...
Cancer intelligence privacy notice

Cancer intelligence privacy notice

Greater Manchester Cancer Vanguard Innovation is taking a new and exciting approach to cancer intelligence, providing a much needed service for Greater Manchester and eastern Cheshire. We are developing a programme to enable cancer outcomes and performance data to be...
Conference focuses on progress in aftercare

Conference focuses on progress in aftercare

A major conference is being planned to highlight how we aim to provide improved aftercare for patients who have been treated for cancer. The aftercare conference will take place at The Christie on 16 January 2018 and will focus in particular on the Macmillan Recovery...