Cancer Patient Family Network

What are your thoughts on the celebration that happens at the end of cancer treatment? 

Your feedback will be used makes changes that are important to patients. 

The survey should take you about 5 minutes to complete. 

Your answers are anonymous. 

Cancer treatment is a challenging journey, and some patients want to mark milestones in this experience. Celebrations, like ringing the bell, are for congratulating a patient on completing a part of their treatment. The celebration is a personal choice by each cancer patient. Each person has the option to participate or not. 

While one person may be celebrating, we want to respect other patients in treatment areas. We want people to have the choice to celebrate, but we don't want this to cause any distress to other patients.

Survey answers will help us know how to have celebrations in a manner which respects each cancer patient. 

Thank you for taking the time to fill out this short survey. 

The survey will close on May 19th, 2024.

If you have questions, please reach out to Rachelle Martell, Radiation Therapist but e-mail:   Rachelle.Martell@nshealth.ca 

Thank you for your interest to join one of our teams as a Patient Family Advisor.

Our health care system learns from your experience. Help us shape the future

Nova Scotia Health has made a commitment to involve patients and families in establishing priorities and making decisions that matter to them and impact their lives, our community and the sustainability of our health care system.

We are recruiting Volunteer Patient and Family Advisors to provide input as active members of various working groups and committees. Please fill out this form to express your interest. 

No special knowledge or skills are needed. The ideal person is someone who can use their experience as a patient or family/caregiver to help shape the care we provide.

You might like this role on one of our committees if:

• You can talk about your experience to help us make improvements for all Nova Scotian cancer patients.
• You can share honest points of view in a respectful way.
• You are interested to work in a collaborative committee environment.
• You are interested in making a positive contribution to health care services.
• You are interested in volunteer work. 

Those selected will need to:

• Be a person with recent personal or family/caregiver experience with the Cancer Care Program
• Be 18 years of age or older.
• Sign a confidentiality agreement.
• Be willing to obtain a Criminal Record Check. (no cost to you)
• Declare any potential conflicts of interest.
• Be able to commit to attend meetings during business hours.
• Be able to commit to a term of two (2) years.

Once you fill out the form below, a member of the cancer care team will reach out to you about next steps. This usually involves a conversation with our Engagement Lead then an interview with the committee chair.

Please Note: These are volunteer positions. Current NS Health employees, Hospital Foundation members, Community Health Board members, and elected officials are not eligible to apply. NS Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. Our priority groups are Aboriginal People, African Nova Scotians, Persons with Disabilities and Recent Immigrants. Members of these groups are welcome to apply and self-identify if they wish to be considered under our Employment Equity policy.