Help Improve Cancer Services: Parity Study

PARITY study: Lancaster University

Do you want to be involved in a conversation about improving cancer services? Lancaster University are undertaking a research study into cancer prehabilitation services and want to hear your views.

PARITY, a new project run by Lancaster University aims to improve prehabiliation before cancer surgery. Prehabilitation is the name given to efforts to improve health before a major healthcare event such as surgery, to improve patient outcomes. It often involves increasing exercise, changes to diet, and lifestyle changes.

The aim of the project is to improve prehabilitation services before cancer surgery. The project is looking to do this by understanding different people’s views and ideas for prehabilitation cancer services.

Lancaster University are inviting a group of people to join three workshops in Lancaster to share and discuss views and ideas for prehabilitation services. Together, the group will co-design a set of criteria for cancer services.

Participants can be patients, carers, friends, and family members interested in helping improve prehabilitation services. You do not have to have lived experience of cancer or have participated in research before to take part.

What does it involve?

• Attending and contributing to a face-to-face workshop, or through an advocate, if you are not comfortable with face-to-face participation.
• The workshop will involve joining a group of people to take part in discussions and activities to share what they think is important about prehabilitation. There will be three separate workshops to attend in total between November 2022 and January 2023.
  • 17^th November
  • 9^th December 
  • 25^th or 27^th January (yet to be confirmed)

Criteria

• Patients, carers, friends and family members interested in helping improve prehabilitation.
• People from anywhere in the UK.
• People over the age of 18.
• Participants do not have to be familiar with research projects or have direct experience of cancer treatment.

Location

• Lancaster Castle in Lancaster City Centre, LA1 1YN
• Or if you do not feel comfortable taking part in workshop, an advocate will speak to you about your experiences and represent you in the workshops.

Time and travel expenses will be paid.

To get involved or find out more information, please email Laura Wareing at parity@lancaster.ac.uk

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