APPENDIX 2
Memorandum submitted by Mr Victor Smith,
Solent Laryngectomy Club
The New Opportunities Fund in making money available
for carers of cancer patients was a lucky break here. Locally
we successfully applied for money and have been able to open a
Drop-in Centre in Gosport. After being open for five months we
think we have a rewarding on-going project.
It is generally thought that the money allocated
under the Cancer Plan has not yet percolated down to the "coal
face".
I have no knowledge of the VNCRU perhaps it
is still in the virtual stage?
I think the third question perhaps needs turning
round to read "the issue of Data Protection and its implication
for cancer registration". Accurate statistics are vital.
Could not the Data Protection Act prevent Registries reporting
accurate incidence? We have always been obsessed by secrecy in
England.
The Cancer Research Networks seems to be still
over the horizon, though I am investigating this at local level
right now.
Victor Smith
Solent Laryngectomy Club
1 December 2001
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