Table 2.

Care for people who recently completed active cancer treatment

Rarely/never/don’t know,a n (%)Sometimes, n (%)Often/almost always,a n (%)
How often the GPs receive:
  A short treatment summarya38 (7.6)114 (22.8)348 (69.6)
  A detailed treatment summarya89 (17.8)160 (32.0)251 (50.2)
  Details of ongoing care from hospitala63 (12.6)152 (30.4)285 (57.0)
Details of ongoing care to be provided by GPa133 (26.6)157 (31.4)210 (42.0)
  Information on when to refer backa231 (46.2)165 (33.0)104 (20.8)
  Information on possible late effectsa291 (58.2)130 (26.0)79 (15.8)
Frequency of providing care related to:
  Management of treatment-related side effects61 (12.2)182 (36.4)257 (51.4)
  Management of psychological symptoms57 (11.4)164 (32.8)279 (55.8)
  Lifestyle health care41 (8.2)183 (36.6)276 (55.2)
  Advice concerning work and/or finances146 (29.2)204 (40.8)150 (30.0)
  • a ‘Almost’ always was provided as an option in place of ‘don’t know’ for these questions. The options were rarely/never/sometimes/often/almost always, whereas the options for the other questions were rarely/never/don’t know/sometimes/often.