Improvements in patient safety: Encouraging patient-reporting of symptoms

Summary

Dr Catherine Oakley speaks to ecancer at the 2019 UKONS meeting in Telford about the recognition of patient symptoms during treatment.

She explains some of the issues that patients face during treatment and why they may be hesitant in reporting their symptoms.

Dr Oakley states that the Cancer Research UK patient treatment guide, which has been based on the UKONS triage tool can be used to help patients manage their treatments.

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