{"id":227,"date":"2017-04-10T16:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssn-dev.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=227"},"modified":"2026-09-03T18:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:07:15","slug":"guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/sanon\/professionals\/guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient Pathway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The patient\u2019s treatment is decided by a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) of specialist clinicians. This process is supported by a referral guideline for suspected cancer and a clinical management pathway (CMP) which outlines a recommended patient treatment pathway. These help promote equitable provision of high-quality care. It is important to note that these are not instructions and cannot replace the role of the clinician in treatment decisions, but act as a support tool for clinicians. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These can be viewed using the links below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightdecisions.scot.nhs.uk\/scottish-referral-guidelines-srgs-for-suspected-cancer\/brain-and-central-nervous-system-cns-cancers\/\">NHS Scotland referral guidelines for suspected cancer.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightdecisions.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-scotland-cancer-collaborative-clinical-management-pathways\/neuro-oncology\/\">NHS Scotland Cancer Collaborative Clinical Management Pathways.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">The patient\u2019s treatment is decided by a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) of specialist clinicians. This process is supported by a referral [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":4791,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-227","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/sanon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/sanon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/sanon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/sanon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/sanon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/sanon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5122,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/sanon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227\/revisions\/5122"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/sanon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/sanon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}