Spotlights

See and Treat Campaign

NECU played a pivotal role in supporting NHS Grampian’s breast cancer service deliver their first ever “see and treat” campaign in partnership with NHS Forth Valley. NECU provided targeted support to reduce long waiting lists for urgent suspected cancer, urgent, and routine patients. NECU also carried out administrative validation of patients and led a travel campaign to maximise capacity, enabling patients to be seen promptly.

Through the use of One Stop face-to-face clinics at one hospital site, 1034 appointments were offered, of which 891 patients attended. This resulted in 66 cancer diagnoses and 32 surgeries carried out locally, achieving a 7.4% conversion rate to surgery.

NECU’s cross Board collaboration directly helped to reduce waiting times below the national target and helped to ensure timely access to care for breast cancer patients.

NECU Collaborative Working

NECU has actively engaged with all NHS Scotland Health Boards through patient validation, and treatment campaigns. These campaigns have supported improved access to care, and have released core capacity into the wider NHS Scotland ecosystem; ensuring more patients can be seen and supporting NHS Scotland to reduce waiting times.

Digital Infrastructure

NECU is collaborating with a wider range partners, including NHS Golden Jubilee, Scottish Government, NHS National Education Scotland and Microsoft to build a robust digital infrastructure to enhance patient validation work. This additional digital capability will increase efficiency and will ensure patients are actively engaged and have better access to information and support at every stage of their journey.

Tailored National Capacity Campaigns

Leveraging its innovative operational model, NECU continues to deliver tailored national capacity campaigns that directly benefit patients. NECU enabled over 1,200 patients to be seen, triaged, and treated through the national Digital Dermatology secondary care campaign, driving 81% reduction in outpatient demand and ensuring patients received care in the right place at the right time.

Additionally, image triage facilitated prompt surgical treatment for more then 460 patients with dermatological conditions. Across 2024/2025 NECU’s targeted campaigns have provided care for over 7,500 patients.