Meet our partners

As a Cancer Alliance we work with partners and providers at local, regional and national level including:

Integrated Care Systems

Kent and Medway

NHS Integrated Care Boards

NHS Kent and Medway

NHS acute hospital trusts

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust

National organisations

NHS England

Local authorities

Kent County Council
Medway Council

Cancer charities

Cancer Research UK
Macmillan Cancer Support

Voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE)

Healthwatch
Social Enterprise Kent (SEK)

Academic partners

Health Innovation Network, Kent Surrey Sussex
Kent and Medway Medical School

Screening and early diagnosis

Our screening and early diagnosis work focuses on breaking down barriers to increase the number of people who take up screening and raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer to reduce health and health care inequalities across Kent and Medway.

Faster diagnosis

The NHS Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS) requires patients to be diagnosed or have cancer ruled out within 28 days of being referred urgently by their GP for suspected cancer. For patients who are diagnosed with cancer, it means their treatment can begin as soon as possible. For those who are not, they can have their minds put at rest more…

Personalised care and support

Personalised care means giving patients more choice and control over their care, based on what matters most to them as individuals. It is a partnership between people with cancer and their professional team.

Innovation

Kent and Medway Cancer Alliance (KMCA) is one of eight cancer alliances to participate in the Galleri-GRAIL clinical trial. The trial aims to prove whether the Galleri-GRAIL test is effective in diagnosing up to 50 types of cancer by looking for DNA markers in the blood.