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Table 2 Healthcare professionals’ views of the main point of contact for young people and the main source of 1:1 emotional psychosocial and practical support following the end of treatment

From: The support and information needs of adolescents and young adults with cancer when active treatment ends

Following the end of treatment...a

The main point of contact for young people:

The main source of 1:1 emotional, psychosocial, and practical support:

1. AYA Clinical Nurse Specialist (n = 36; 74%)

1. AYA Clinical Nurse Specialist (n = 38; 78%)

2. Youth Support Co-ordinator (n = 22; 45%)

2. CLIC Sargent Social worker/Community worker (n = 27; 55%)

3. CLIC Sargent Social worker/Community worker (n = 19; 39%)

3. Youth Support Co-ordinator (n = 25; 51%)

  1. amulti-response question so numbers do not add to 100%; AYA Adolescent and Young Adult; CLIC Sargent is a UK wide cancer charity providing support for young people with cancer; Youth Support Co-ordinators, Teenage Cancer Trust funded social support staff for young people during and after treatment