Integration of cancer services: The role and importance of regional multidisciplinary team meetings (MDTs)

In this session you will explore:

Shared care in oncology is possible without compromising patient outcome
Good collaboration between regional and teaching / tertiary trusts is mandatory to guarantee high-quality care and innovation
All patients need to be discussed in a MDT; for complicated cases in a regional MDT
This is only feasible with optimal technical and administrative support
For complex surgery and systemic treatments, patients should be referred to a specialized center
Monitoring of outcome measures mandatory to ensure the highest quality of care for our patients.

Hosted by:

Parsek

Chair

Dr Paul Deffley

chief medical officer

Paul is a senior clinician with over 20 years NHS experience in supporting or leading digital transformation across organisations ranging from NHS Providers, not-for-profit social enterprises and national organisations. He is passionate about the human factors needed for successful digital transformation and has led the successful adoption of digital programmes and helped create award winning digital products in community and acute hospital settings.

Prof Koos van der Hoeven

medical oncologist and chair, Oncomid

Koos van der Hoeven has completed his studies in Biology  at the Wageningen University (WUR) and later in Medicine at Free University Medical Centre in Amsterdam. He was trained medical oncologist at the University Medical Center and the Netherlands Cancer Institute. He has worked as a medical oncologist at several hospitals. From 2012 till 2015 he was professor and head of the department of Medical Oncology for Leiden University Medical Center. From 2015 till 2019 he had the same position at the Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen.  He was medical director for Hartwig Medical Foundation tfrom 2020 till July 2023. He is  member of the supervisory board Dutch Institute of Clinical Auditing (DICA) and member of the advisory board “Innovative Medicines Association”. He is chairman of the regional cancer network Oncomid. This is a regional oncology partnership in which nine hospitals in the central Netherlands join forces. They provide diagnostics and treatment according to the latest insights, share knowledge and experience, and conduct scientific research to improve and innovate care.

Prof Joe McDonald

medical director, Parsek

Former National Clinical Lead for IT. Former CCIO at England’s largest Mental Health Trust. Former director of Connected Health Cities, North East and North Cumbria and founding Director of the Great North Care Record. Former chairman of the CCIO Leaders Network. Joe is a founding Fellow of the Faculty of Clinical Informatics. He was visiting professor of Health Informatics Practice at Newcastle University, England.

July 18 @ 13:30

13:30 — 14:30 (1h)

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