The Cancer App vs Hope Programme

Everyone’s cancer journey is different, individual. With so much information to stay on top of, we know it can seem overwhelming. The Cancer App has been designed to help you stay in control of your care, appointments, medications, contacts, and relevant expert information specific to your cancer. We hope it helps make things a little bit easier to manage. Free to download and easy to use, the aim of The Cancer App is to support you by offering access to information and resources that may be useful. If you are living with cancer, we are here for you. How The Cancer App can help you: • All your important information in one place • My Appointments - Helping you stay on top of your care calendar • My Medication - Take the right dose at the right time • My Contacts - Easy to input, update, manage, view, and use • Support for you - General and cancer type-specific information related to managing both the physical and emotional challenges that you face after a cancer diagnosis for the following cancer types: o Breast Cancer o Colorectal Cancer o Kidney Cancer o Larynx Cancer o Leukaemia o Lung Cancer o Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma o Oesophageal Cancer o Ovarian Cancer o Prostate Cancer o Thyroid Cancer o Tongue Cancer The Cancer App has the backing of clinical providers in the field of cancer care and is actively seeking patient feedback to help inform how we continue to improve our support for patients and their families. The Cancer App – Help at Hand

An account is required to access this app. Download the app if an account has been created for you on the Hope Programme or on a course hosted on the app. The app offers access to a range of evidence-based health and wellbeing courses. Available 24/7 on any device - learn at time and pace that suits you - safe environment – option to remain anonymous. The Hope Programme Self-management course based on positive psychology, mindfulness and cognitive behavioural therapy, built on 20 years of research evidence. The Hope Programme can help you to: • be more relaxed • set goals that are important to YOU • deal with stress and extreme tiredness • share your fears and worries • live well with a long-term condition • cope better with providing care Meet others in the same situation and try a range of interactive activities including goal setting, gratitude, hope for the future, mood, activity and symptoms tracking, journaling and an online forum. Supported by trained facilitators with lived experience. Coproduction is at the heart of all we do. The Hope programme and the app has been co-designed with people living with chronic illness, carers, researchers and healthcare professionals. All Hope Programme courses are QISMET accredited - the “gold standard” for the self-management sector. Garry, Hope Programme participant said: “I think this has everything. Well laid out, clear user friendly, no jargon and speaks in layman terms. The understanding of the difficulty living with chronic illness does come across in the sessions. There is no judgment, no self-advocacy, just empathy. That for me is priceless.”