One Step at a Time

The initiative launched in 2020 and aims to enable patients and their loved ones to support each other by sharing their experiences with one another. The One Step at a Time team wanted to create a platform that would allow more stories to be shared with a wider audience. This work led to the creation of One Step at a Time and a series of short films which give first-hand accounts of how it felt to be diagnosed with cancer and the importance of taking one step at a time.

Below you can also watch a video from the perspective of a family member and the support that was available to them.

One Step at a Time team is headed up by Emma Harnett, Macmillan Primary Care Nurse Facilitator at Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board, and Princess Alexandra NHS Hospitals Trust colleagues Shahid Sardar, Associate Director Patient Engagement and Experience and Ann Nutt, Chair of the Patient Panel. The team have a wealth of experience in cancer patient engagement.

In October 2022 the team was named Team of the Year Award from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Nursing Awards. This great achievement recognised the hard work put in by the team and the impact of the initiative on local people affected by cancer.