Breast Cancer Kent Patient Journey App - Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

As a cancer patient you may find yourself overwhelmed with leaflets, booklets and information sheets.

This works well for some patients but if you prefer digital information the Patient Journey App has been designed by our consultants and nurses and funded by Breast Cancer Kent.

It is available to download, free, from the App Store or GooglePlay and provides patients with reliable information about their diagnosis and treatment. It is presented in an easily accessible format on smartphones and tablets. So far, feedback from patients has been excellent.

Dr Russell Burcombe, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, said, “While there is a wealth of information about breast cancer on the internet many patients avoid searching the web for fear of reading information they don’t understand or stumbling across sources that may not be accurate. The app provides patients with instant access to information, written by their doctors and nurses, that they can rely on. Feedback from the patients who have piloted it so far has been extremely positive.”

Patients can email questions to two breast cancer specialist nurses, contact nursing or chemotherapy team direct from their phone and set reminders about upcoming treatments. The team hope to add more content as treatments evolve.

Find out more about the app and hear from our patients who have used its services throughout their journey by watching the video, and hear from Macmillan Nurse Consultant, Claire Ryan, who was one of the app’s developers.