A first census of skin cancer specialist nurses across UK secondary care trusts

BMC Nursing

Table 3 Type of work undertaken by SCSNs, reported by percentage (%) of trusts within each cancer alliance/devolved nation

Cancer Alliance / Devolved Nation	Outpatients (%)	Inpatients (%)	Managing patients in the community (%)	Liaison with community support teams (%)	Managing patients in other secondary care trust(s) (%)	Liaison with colleagues at other secondary care trust(s) (%)	Prescribing (%)	Independent assessment of patients (%)	Ordering of tests such as blood tests, scans (%)
Cheshire and Merseyside	88	38	13	63	63	100	75	100	88
East Midlands	100	71	14	100	43	100	14	86	86
East of England – North	100	80	20	100	60	100	40	100	100
East of England – South	100	100	50	100	100	100	0	75	100
Greater Manchester	75	75	25	100	0	100	75	100	100
Humber, Coast and Vale	100	100	0	100	0	100	0	100	100
Kent and Medway	100	100	0	100	50	100	0	100	100
Lancashire and South Cumbria	100	100	0	100	0	100	67	100	100
North Central London	100	100	0	100	0	100	0	67	100
North East London	100	50	0	50	0	100	50	50	100
Northern	100	100	67	100	83	100	33	83	83
Peninsula	100	100	17	83	33	100	50	100	100
RM Partners West London	100	100	20	100	0	100	60	100	80
Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire	100	80	40	80	60	100	20	100	100
South East London	100	100	67	100	67	100	100	100	100
South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw	100	50	0	100	50	50	50	100	100
Surrey and Sussex	100	100	50	100	50	100	83	100	83
Thames Valley	100	67	33	83	50	83	33	100	67
Wessex	100	83	17	83	50	83	50	33	83
West Midlands	100	80	20	100	60	100	40	60	80
West Yorkshire and Harrogate	100	50	50	100	50	100	0	50	100
Northern Ireland	100	50	25	75	25	100	100	75	75
Scotland	100	100	60	100	60	80	60	100	100
Wales	100	50	50	100	50	100	0	100	100
Overall	99	79	27	92	42	96	42	86	93

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