<div>For anyone involved in an emergency or needing urgent treatment, the experience can be scary and prolonged. For those who have cancer, the prospect is far more daunting. <br> <br> In Cheshire and Merseyside, health leaders have collaborated to create pathways and processes which ensure that cancer patients can avoid visits to A&amp;E and potentially long stays in hospital awaiting decisions and treatment. <br> <br> We hear how they created a model which is now being held up as an exemplar nationally. <br> <br> Caroline Kenyon is in conversation with Dr Ernie Marshall, consultant medical oncologist at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust; Dr Ragit Varia, acute medical lead for the urgent cancer care programme based at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; and Mel Warwick, programme lead. <br> <br> <strong>Useful links<br> </strong><br> NHS Providers case study:<br> <br> <a href="https://eu-west-1.protection.sophos.com?d=nhsproviders.org&amp;u=aHR0cHM6Ly9uaHNwcm92aWRlcnMub3JnL3Byb3ZpZGVycy1kZWxpdmVyLXRydXN0cy1pbi1zeXN0ZW1zL3RoZS1jbGF0dGVyYnJpZGdlLWNhbmNlci1jZW50cmUtbmhzLWZvdW5kYXRpb24tdHJ1c3Q=&amp;i=NjA0Nzc4NjMzMmI5MDAwZTg3MGJiMjEz&amp;t=K1lFa0tBS1dXbTluS05HTWlMcXVxZzEzcm9TTVIvZ2oyRjJGNDJvRy8zST0=&amp;h=1ab9b283fe2245978c86d74514abf50e&amp;s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVYPZHIbv-sya_ncXo5BWTUSpydtPcO6GFupmNEW-SWo_g">https://nhsproviders.org/providers-deliver-trusts-in-systems/the-clatterbridge-cancer-centre-nhs-foundation-trust</a> <br> <br> The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust:<br> <br> <a href="https://eu-west-1.protection.sophos.com?d=clatterbridgecc.nhs.uk&amp;u=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2xhdHRlcmJyaWRnZWNjLm5ocy51ay8=&amp;i=NjA0Nzc4NjMzMmI5MDAwZTg3MGJiMjEz&amp;t=VlM4VHE4bDZpcERSVG5VSGV2TWlIM1VQaVlUaUw0cloxR0g5SkkzWGNCbz0=&amp;h=1ab9b283fe2245978c86d74514abf50e&amp;s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVYPZHIbv-sya_ncXo5BWTUSpydtPcO6GFupmNEW-SWo_g">https://www.clatterbridgecc.nhs.uk/</a> <br> <br> </div>