Partners NI Cancer Network

Organisation: Northern Ireland Cancer Network

Description:
The Northern Ireland Cancer Network (NICaN) is a managed clinical network, a mechanism whereby patients and clinicians are involved in disease-specific planning and strategic thinking with commissioners and providers of the service. It was established in 2004 to ensure a regional approach to the planning and developing of cancer services.

NICaN is recognised as the way forward in which cancer services will best be co-ordinated across boundaries. It comprises a network Board, network team, tumour site specific and theme groups. Patient and public involvement is interwoven throughout the network. The seven guiding principles of NICaN are:

• creating a person centred service;

• securing involvement of patients and the public;

• fostering cultural change and development;

• joining ‘everything up’ to provide seamless care;

• promoting population health/wellbeing;

• providing clinically effective treatment, care and support;

• developing clinical leadership and meaningful teamwork.

Contact name: Janis McCulla

Address:
Dorothy Gardiner Unit
Knockbracken Health Care Park
Saintfield Road
Belfast

Postcode: BT8 8 BH

Tel: (028) 9056 5860

Fax: (028) 9056 5861

Email: j.mcculla@nican.n-i.nhs.uk

Website: www.nican.n-i.nhs.uk

Sector (statutory, voluntary, community, other):

Area of interest/expertise: Cancer

Mission statement:
NICaN is working towards the continuous improvement in cancer care and cancer survival for the people of Northern Ireland. It aims to promote equitable provision of high quality, patient focused and clinically effective cancer services. (NICaN Report, 2004)