Our centre visitors join the government's national conversation about the future of the NHS and cancer care

In January and February, we've held events in our centres in Southampton, London, Oxford, the Wirral, Leeds, and Newcastle to hear from lots of different people living with cancer or supporting someone with cancer about their views and ideas about the future of the NHS.

Their views and feedback will be used as part our submission to the government to help create a new 10-Year Health Plan for England 

^{Centre Head Kate Fulton and centre visitors from Maggie's, Royal Marsden}

We were joined by The Chief Executive of NHS England, Amanda Pritchard, who attended our event in our West London centre and heard the views of centre visitors Mark, Steve, Tracy, Isobel, Barry and Katherine. 

Our visitors shared with Amanda Pritchard their ideas to improve the patient experience, including:

• Better integration of NHS IT systems
• Increased government investment in screening
• the NHS could learn from Maggie’s holistic approach to cancer care, and more.

Today on World Cancer Day it is the turn of centre visitors in Newcastle to let us hear their thoughts.

We will share all this work as part of their work with the government ahead of their plan being published. 

We hope that by doing so future cancer care will be more focused on improving patient’s experience and more people with cancer will be able to access support from Maggie’s.

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