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Participant, Northern Health Breast Cancer Pathway Review

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Open to Northern Region, Patient partners in the Northern region

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Have you or a loved one had breast cancer in the past five years? Would you like to help shape the future of breast cancer care in Northern BC? Northern Health is looking for patient partners to give input and share experiences on a number of initiatives.

Open to: Patient partners in the Northern region

Lead Organization or Department

Northern Health Cancer Care

Aim

Northern Health's Regional Cancer Care would like to standardize and enhance breast cancer care. Northern Health is excited about including patient partner from across the region in the development of new processes and educational material over the next 12 months. Patient partners may be asked to review material and participate in meetings as required.

Level of Engagement

This opportunity is at the level of involve on the spectrum of engagement. The promise to you is that the health care partner will involve patients in planning and design phases to ensure ideas or concerns are considered and reflected in alternatives and recommendations.

Eligibility

  • Someone that has undergone treatment of breast cancer or has a loved one who had breast cancer in the past five years.
  • Comfortable reviewing and providing feedback on information online.
  • Comfortable sharing ideas and receiving feedback.
  • If you have a strong interest in this work but have not yet completed a PVN orientation and Volunteer Agreement, are unsure if your experience is a good fit or feel another format of engagement would work better with your availability, please contact Cathy Almost

Logistics

  • Vacancies: 3-5
  • Date and time: first meeting TBD
  • Location: teleconference, in-person, video conference, webinar
  • Commitment: seven months to a year / 1-2 hours per month

Reimbursement

Pre-approved expenses including mileage and parking.

Background

In alignment with the Northern Cancer Strategy, the provincial Fast Track Program and Surgical Oncology Network, the Northern Health Breast Cancer Steering Committee, which was formed in June 2019, is responsible for leading the planning, development and implementation of breast cancer care from presentation with worrisome findings or screening mammography to treatment. We are working towards decreasing wait times, improving patient and professional education as well as improving the patient experience. Attached you will find the Steering Committee Terms of Reference and within it is a list of Working Groups. Several of these working groups we look forward to having a patient partner participate on.

Health Care Partner Contact Information

Cathy Almost
Engagement Leader, Patient and Public Engagement | Northern BC
250.615.9932
calmost@bcpsqc.ca

From Our Community

Derek Koch

Spiritual Health Practitioner and Patient- and Family-Centred Care Lead — Kelowna General Hospital

Derek Koch

The bottom line is because we’re caring for patients. People who know best are those who are receiving the care so it makes logical sense that we would consult with them about their experiences. By connecting with PVN we have been able to educate our teams about the value of patient partners and how important their perspective is in our services.