Deadline: 19-Dec-22
The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Cancer Alliance in partnership with the Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network (YHAHSN) are pleased to launch the Cancer Innovation Award Scheme to promote innovation and improvement in cancer services and people’s experience.
Applications will support the Cancer Alliance in achieving the objectives as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan and which directly supports cancer service recovery, aligns to CORE20plus5 and contributes to the achievement of:
- 75% of cancers to be diagnosed at stage I or II
- An additional 55,000 patients each year to survive for five years or more following their cancer diagnosis by 2028.
“Building on their successful Cancer Innovation Award Scheme in 2021/22, their aim is to continue to improve the experiences and life chances of anyone in their region affected by cancer. Again for 2022/23, were looking for projects or new ways of working that could be adopted to help make this happen.
“Whether a project has already begun, is yet to be piloted or has proved successful in one area already, we will support real-world innovations that can bring benefits to patients by being rolled out or adopted into other areas.
Funding Information
- Individual grants of between £10k and £25k are on offer to successful applicants within the region’s health and care services, including voluntary, community and charitable sector organisations.
Key Activities
- Applicants are asked to define how their proposals will support one or more of the following key activities:
- Improved Access to Diagnostics / Rapid Diagnostics
- Managing Cancer with another Long-Term condition or other co-morbidity
- Reducing Health Inequalities
- Personalised Care and Support
Eligibility Criteria
- Round two of the Cancer Innovation Award Scheme is open to both single organisations and collaborative bids from organisations or care settings across Barnsley, Bassetlaw, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield.
- This funding is for the South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw geographical area only
- One of the partners / stakeholders relating to this application must be within the SYB region
For more information, visit YHAHSN.
