Cancer
Cancer management in care settings requires careful attention to symptom control, medication compliance, and the monitoring of treatment side effects alongside residents' broader comfort and dignity. Our Cancer Care Framework equips care teams with structured protocols for pain management, nutritional support, fatigue monitoring, and advance care planning — aligned to NICE guidance and developed by NHS oncology consultants. Regular clinical review points are built into the framework to ensure care teams can identify and escalate changes in condition with the confidence and speed that good cancer care demands.
Key Focus Areas
- Symptom monitoring
- Advance care planning
- Nutritional support
- Pain management
Who does what
- Dr Sheel Mehta, Founder, Clinical Director and Oncology Lead
Leads the framework clinically. Sets the escalation triggers for care staff and checks the content against NICE guidance and the NHS ten-year cancer plan.
- Clare Williamson, Cancer Nurse Specialist
Turns the escalation triggers into daily observation checklists and a one-page guide to who to call at each stage of treatment. Runs staff sessions on spotting side effects and signs of infection.
- Danielle Freeth, Psychotherapist and Psychological Lead (Cancer)
Teaches staff to recognise anxiety, low mood and treatment fatigue, and guides conversations about prognosis and advance care planning. Supports residents to stay engaged with their appointments.
- Charlotte Foster, Specialist Dietitian and Nutrition Lead
Designs fortified menus and plans for appetite loss, taste change and nausea. Sets the weight-loss triggers that tell staff a resident is losing strength during treatment.
- Kelly Thompson, Senior Physiotherapist
Builds a gentle activity plan that protects strength and manages fatigue.

