The National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service - Case studies & blog - Cancer registration data
The National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS) has published
an informative blog and case studies, highlighting how patient data is used
to save lives & improve treatments. The emphasis is on the patient as
the source of the data.
NCRAS has been "working with patients, healthcare professionals, and the
public to develop these case study type stories which describe how exactly
NCRAS, and others, use patient information to improve cancer care."
The first case studies are here
cancer data stories
along with the
blog
.
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Please use the patient data citation:
"This work uses data provided by patients and collected by the NHS
as part of their care and support"
The patient data citation was conceived and developed by the patients and carers in the use MY data patient movement. It has been widely adopted by data and research organisations, and recommended for adoption by the major research funders in the UK.
use MY data is a movement of patients, carers and relatives
use MY data supports and promotes the protection of individual choice, freedom and privacy in the sharing of healthcare data to improve patient treatments and outcomes.
use MY data endeavours to highlight the many benefits that appropriate usage of healthcare data can make, to save lives and improve care for all.
use MY data aims to educate and harness the patient voice to understand aspirations and concerns around the use of data in healthcare delivery, in service improvement and in research, aimed at improving patient decision making, treatment and experience.
Our vision
Our vision is of every patient willingly giving their data to help others, knowing that effective safeguards to maintain the confidentiality and anonymity of their data are applied consistently, transparently and rigorously.
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