The following are areas where we have noted excellent and innovative practice at CSEP accredited hospitals

  • Providing access to whole body MRI and PET-CT at diagnosis
  • Providing an ambulatory care service for autologous stem cell transplants 
  • CNS team performing bone marrow aspiration to promote continuity of care, timely testing and enhanced support for anxious patients
  • Writing letters directly to patients which are copied to their GP

If you want to find out more, or are interested in developing one of these areas at your hospital, please contact the CSEP team at csep@myeloma.org.uk

Improving patient pathways for myeloma

Laboratory tests are essential for myeloma diagnosis and management, so, the tests requested and the way results are reported can make a difference to how patients are managed or referred.  At Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital we carried out an internal audit and set up a multi-disciplinary collaboration to improve the pathway from initial request…

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