Priority 6 from the Teenage and Young Adult Cancer PSP
| UNCERTAINTY: What are the most effective strategies to ensure that young people who are treated outside of a young person's Principal Treatment Centre receive appropriate practical and emotional support? (JLA PSP Priority 6) | |
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| Overall ranking | 6 |
| JLA question ID | 0060/6 |
| Explanatory note | A Principal Treatment Centre (PTC) is a centre that specialises in young people's cancer and in delivering care to this age group. Depending on where a young person lives or what type of cancer they have, they may be treated outside a PTC, such as at a local hospital. For some young people, this may be their choice, for example if they wish to be treated at a hospital closer to their home. Young people treated outside a PTC might not have the same access to support as young people treated in a PTC; this question seeks to find out the best strategies to ensure that they are supported. |
| Evidence |
None identified |
| Health Research Classification System category | Cancer |
| Extra information provided by this PSP | |
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| Original uncertainty examples | How do ensure young people who receive their treatment in hospitals other than principal treatment centres receive appropriate practical and emotional support? ~ What practical and emotional support do young people who are treated in hospitals other than principal treatment centres have access to? ~ Do young people who spend little or no time in hospital during treatment receive any appropriate practical or emotional support? |
| Submitted by | 3 x health professionals |
| PSP information | |
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| PSP unique ID | 0060 |
| PSP name | Teenage and Young Adult Cancer |
| Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP. | 185 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website) |
| Date of priority setting workshop | 19 January 2018 |