2025 Agenda

Urgent cancer care: everyone's business

12 Jun 2025
Charter 8
Cancer , Urgent and emergency care

This session will highlight the work of Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance (CMCA) in partnership with ICB urgent and emergency care (UEC) to transform urgent cancer care (UCC) in the region. It will focus on bridging the gap between unplanned urgent care and planned cancer care to deliver timely, effective and equitable treatment for patients

We will explore the patients behind the change, the move to an integrated cancer hotline and scaling successful principles aimed at reducing emergency department referrals and utilising care closer to home. We will look at the work done to put cancer on the UEC agenda by linking cancer care with community services through the use of innovative pathways.

Dan Grimes
Dan Grimes, SRO - UEC At Scale Programmes (Acute LOS and Discharge Pathways) - Cheshire and Merseyside ICB
Emma Danton
Emma Danton, Head of Transformation - Cheshire and Merseyside Provider Collaborative
Ernie Marshall
Dr Ernie Marshall, Consultant Medical Oncologist - The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Ragit Varia
Dr Ragit Varia, Consultant in Acute Medicine - Mersey and West Lancashire NHS Foundation Trust