CANDU (Dundee Cancer Support Network)
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Patient-led charity sharing lived experience to improve the lives of cancer patients and their families.
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http://www.cancerdundee.org 07-02-2018 12:12:16
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#OurVoicesMatter The ALLIANCE CANDU (Dundee Cancer Support Network) Glasgow conference kicks off...
Loved hearing from Nuala Watt, poet and activist The ALLIANCE conference. Such powerful poetry and observations. As a Mum I particularly enjoyed this poem. #OurVoicesMatter
#OurVoicesMatter But that doesn't mean lived experts have a vote in decision making. Margaret Moncrieff describes the importance of good relationship building in the absence of procedural commitment to lived experience involvement. The ALLIANCE Neil Gray MSP
#OurVoicesMatter Professionalising lived experience involvement may just ensure lived experts drive change and improvements in service delivery & design. The ALLIANCE
Terrifying ......14 years since life expectancy increased and now it's on the decline..... with little opportunity to step out of the poverty that causes it #OurVoicesMatter The ALLIANCE Sir Michael Marmot
What can we do about this? Sir Michael Marmot argues that we must take action on the social determinants of health, and that this action is not unactable. #OurVoicesMatter
"My number one is to put health and wellbeing at the heart of government policy." Sir Michael Marmot #OurVoicesMatter
CANDU (Dundee Cancer Support Network) at the #ScotCanConf Scot Cancer Conf Keeping lived experience at the heart of discussions