Welcome to the TIED Initiative at Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance.
About the TIED Project
The TIED project is a CMCA-wide initiative aimed at identifying and supporting new or existing innovations that lead to earlier cancer diagnosis.
We are actively engaging with system partners across all sectors to explore opportunities that can transform ideas into impactful projects.
We offer funding to support projects starting this financial year. Projects should have a clear start, middle, and end, and be piloted as proof of concept with the potential to scale. Funding may be rolled into the next financial year as well.
Why are we doing this?
For patients:
- Raised awareness of signs and symptoms
- Early diagnosis
- Improved outcomes
- Removing barriers and addressing health inequalities.
For your organisation:
- Opportunity to put your ideas into practice
- You lead, CMCA assists
- Access to funding
- Support in project delivery
- Enhanced patient experience.
For CMCA:
- Building relationships with key partners
- Delivering on national mandates
- Improving cancer outcomes
- Addressing health inequalities.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for projects that address the tumour sites with the worst rates of late-stage diagnoses and those targeting deprived groups with lower rates of early diagnosis.
This could include areas where screening uptake is lower than expected, or where it’s been particularly challenging to reach specific patient groups.
Key criteria
- Projects that support early diagnosis
- Projects that have a start, middle and an end
- Has the potential to be adopted as ‘business as usual’
- Can be completed within 12-18 months
- Is under £80,000.
Do you have...
- Innovative ideas for system improvements?
- Draft projects that lack time or resources for delivery?
- Knowledge of blockers or bottlenecks in the system that could be improved?
We can offer...
- Project support to develop and deliver your project
- Analytic support for project evaluation
- Funding to support project delivery
- Access to project managers and wider CMCA team members.
Summary of TIED
- Targeted: Focus on CORE20PLUS5 priority areas and tumour sites with high late-stage diagnoses
- Interventions: Projects may include pathway changes, awareness campaigns, support for existing innovations, or adoption of previously successful projects
- Earlier Diagnosis: Projects should lead to earlier diagnosis in the targeted tumour sites or within deprived groups.
Flexible budget
Ideas with a flexible budget of up to £80,000 are being welcomed. Ideally, projects will start within this financial year, with continuation expected into 2025/26.
Get in touch
For more information about the TIED project please email ccf-tr.tied@nhs.net
Thank you for your interest in the TIED initiative. Together, we can make a difference in patient outcomes.