Health professionals
We aim to keep you informed and up to date with new information and areas of practice as they develop.
Teenage Cancer Trust's services team work closely with health managers, commissioning groups and local Primary Care Trusts to plan the development and location of Teenage Cancer Trust units.
We also fund several services for professionals in the field of Teenage and Young Adult cancer care.
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Essential standards of quality and safety
What standards to expect from the regulation of NHS hospitals
Following the introduction of a new law, all NHS hospitals in England must now be licensed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). To be licensed, hospitals must show that they are meeting new essential standards of quality and safety. CQC continuously monitors them to make sure standards are upheld or improvement action is taken.
CQC has published a leaflet which informs patients, their carers and families, what they can expect from the essential standards. The leaflet also explains how important it is that patients or their carers tell the regulator about their experiences, both good and bad, to help CQC make the right decisions.
The ‘What standards to expect from the regulation of your NHS hospital’ leaflet can be read or downloaded from the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk
At the same time the CQC website publishes an up-to-date directory of all licensed NHS hospitals. You can now look up the current status of any NHS hospital trust in England.
Contact us
If you have an area of best practice, research or information that can be shared please contact:
The Service Development Team
Tel: 020 7612 0370
services@teenagecancertrust.org
Units
We raise funds and build specialist units in NHS hospitals which improve the quality of life and chances of survival for young people with cancer.
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Occupational therapy
Guidance for occupational therapists and endorsed by Teenage Cancer Trust, this publication examines the individual and specific needs of a child or young person with cancer.
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