Patient advocates for the Service Pledge

What's the project?

The Service Pledge is a programme dedicated to improving breast cancer services. It brings patients, healthcare professionals and Cancer Alliances together to work in partnership to design and deliver a concrete action plan of improvements, for everybody's experience of breast cancer.

Breast Cancer Now helps hospitals gather patient and staff feedback on their breast care service through surveys and focus groups. The feedback gathered is discussed to find practical ways of making meaningful improvements. Through listening and learning from each other, patients and healthcare professionals work in a true partnership.

Why do you want me to be involved?

As a Patient Advocate, you will be helping improve services for breast cancer patients by supporting local patients to work with healthcare professionals. You will also act as an experienced sounding board during discussions around service improvement suggestions and implementation.

What will you ask me to do?

To enable you to provide a truly objective expert opinion, you will be allocated to a service where you have not been treated. The majority of activities relating to the Service Pledge will take place virtually, although there may be some face to face meetings. 

The Service pledge will run from January 2023 to March 2024. There are certain points of the project that will be busier than others but on average we estimate that this role will involve approximately 4 - 5 hours a month for the duration of the project. 

Who can take part?

Those with a diagnosis of secondary breast cancer who are at least six months from diagnosis.