Health and Care professionals can support patients to make decisions about managing their health so that they can live the life they want based on what matters to them. Personalised care should enable people the same choice and control over their mental and physical health which they have come to expect in every other aspect of their life.
This can include supporting people to access financial, emotional, psychological and social support as well as providing them with information on managing their lifestyle, treatments and therapies available.
We are working to ensure that every person receives personalised care and support from cancer diagnosis onwards. There are four key areas of this work: