The Christie at Macclesfield’s Catherine Fensom joins DaSH Global
The Christie at Macclesfield’s Catherine Fensom joins DaSH Global to ensure the digital integration of new cancer service, Your Health Companion, into the delivery of NHS cancer services to radically improve patient care.
Catherine, a senior oncology nurse, has a wealth of experience delivering first-class cancer services. Having qualified as a nurse in 1997, she started in cancer services at East Cheshire NHS Trust in 2003 and has held several different oncology roles over the last 20 years working for both East Cheshire NHS Trust and The Christie Foundation NHS Trust in the past. Her roles have included Macmillan Project Manager, Matron for Oncology and Lead Cancer Nurse. Most recently Catherine worked as Operational Management Lead, The Christie at Macclesfield, a world-leading £26m new build unit, which has revolutionized radiotherapy and chemotherapy services for patients. The facility opened in December 2021 and now provides over 10,000 patient treatments a year.
In her new role as Integration Director for Your Health Companion, Catherine is responsible for driving sign-up of patients onto the new digital health service and will be pivotal in supporting CNSs and healthcare professionals to embed the digital service into everyday nursing delivery.
Catherine said: “I am delighted to join the team helping patients take more control in the management of their cancer. My focus and passion has always been to improve services for patients and to empower them to be involved in their care and treatment decisions. Giving patients the tools to be as active and healthy as possible during and after their treatment. Ensuring both patients and nurses benefit from the app is my number one priority. I know exactly how useful this tool will be for nurses – but equally I understand the obstacles healthcare teams will encounter with integration. My role will be to help educate, support and onboard - so the app becomes a central part of routine clinical appointments.”
The app was developed by DaSH Global in collaboration with patients, nurses, clinicians, and patient advocacy groups, including Lung Cancer Nursing UK and Mesothelioma UK, to help inform the way cancer care, drugs and treatments are evaluated and improved - via linking the Health Companion data to national clinical datasets via a strategic real world research platform; the Digital Assessment Xchange (DAX) in Lung Cancer & Mesothelioma.
