TRANSFORM: YCR Cancercare: Experiences of diagnostic pathways and cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic

Professor Una Macleod U.M.Macleod@hull.ac.uk
Dean / Professor of Primary Care Medicine

Dr Olufikayo Bamidele O.Bamidele@hull.ac.uk
Research Associate (Evidence Synthesis)

Elizabeth Mitchell

Matthew Dell

Professor Michael Lind M.J.Lind@hull.ac.uk
Foundation Professor of Oncology/ Head of the Joint Centre for Cancer Studies

Christine Mattern

Peter Wells

Dr Julie Walabyeki J.Walabyeki@hull.ac.uk
Research Fellow

TRANSFORM: Reducing Inequalities in Cancer Outcomes in Yorkshire: Realising our potential for innovation in Diagnosis, Patient Management, Survivorship and Palliative Care Research Sep 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2026
The death rate is higher in Yorkshire than the rest of England resulting in about 200 extra deaths each year of which more than half are in Hull. There are other significant cancer outcome inequalities between different groups; for example poorer pe... Read More about TRANSFORM: Reducing Inequalities in Cancer Outcomes in Yorkshire: Realising our potential for innovation in Diagnosis, Patient Management, Survivorship and Palliative Care Research.

PEOPLE: Primary care and community Engagement to Optimise time to Presentation with Lung cancEr symptoms in HULL Jun 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2023
More people are diagnosed with and die from lung cancer in Hull than any other place in Yorkshire. Our aim is to improve earlier diagnosis of lung cancer by [1] getting people to see their doctor if they get lung symptoms and [2] getting GPs to refe... Read More about PEOPLE: Primary care and community Engagement to Optimise time to Presentation with Lung cancEr symptoms in HULL.

REDUCE: REviewing long term anti-Depressant Use by Careful monitoring in Everyday practice programme Oct 1, 2016 - Jun 30, 2023

Empress: NAEDI Cancer diagnosis via emergency presentation: a case control study (colorectal and lung cancer) Oct 1, 2015 - Sep 30, 2020

CANAssess: Reducing inequalities in care for people with cancer and palliative care needs: a programme of work for cancer patients and caregivers in the community based in Yorkshire Sep 1, 2016 - Jan 30, 2019
People with cancer need good access to palliative care to relieve distressing symptoms, but some get better access than others. Developed in Australia, the Needs Assessment Tool - Progressive Disease Cancer (NAT:PD-C) is a tested, "everyday practice"... Read More about CANAssess: Reducing inequalities in care for people with cancer and palliative care needs: a programme of work for cancer patients and caregivers in the community based in Yorkshire.