Safety, Quality and Standards

Service Frameworks

Cancer Prevention, Treatment and Care

The project lead for this framework is Dr Dermot Hughes, Medical Director, Northern Ireland Cancer Network (NICaN), and the project manager is Mrs Cara Anderson, NICaN Director

Terms of Reference (PDF 421 KB)
Template for Development of Service Framework for Health and Social Care (PDF 446 KB)

Service Framework Documents

Service Framework for Cancer Prevention, Treatment and Care - Full Document (PDF 1.55MB)
Summary of Standards (PDF 141KB)

Below are links to each section for quick access to your area of interest -

Foreword (PDF 12.1KB)
Section 1: An Introduction to Service Frameworks (PDF 38.3KB)
Section 2: Service Framework for Cancer Prevention, Treatment and Care (PDF 38.7KB)
Section 3: Why Develop a Service Framework for Cancer? (PDF 496KB)
Section 4: Improving to Patient Experience of Care (PDF 48.5KB)
Section 5: Prevention, Awareness and Early Detection (PDF 134KB)
Section 6: Effective Treatment and Care (PDF 116KB)
Section 7: Standards for Specific Types of Cancer
Section 8: Living with and beyond Cancer (PDF 68.0KB)
Section 9: Palliative and End of Life Care (PDF 46.3KB)
Appendix 1: Membership of Project Team (PDF 19.0KB)
Appendix 2: Cancer Epidemiology Information Northern Ireland (PDF 34.5KB)
Appendix 3: Cancer Access Standards (PDF 9.21KB)
Appendix 4: Composition or Core Membership of MDMs (PDF 53.5KB)
Appendix 5: Children and Young People's Multidisciplinary Team (PDF 18.0KB)
Appendix 6: Glossary of Terms (PDF 100KB)

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Service Frameworks

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