A MIPACE profile can make important cancer treatment information easier to find in an emergency. It should support — never replace — the official alert card and instructions supplied by the treating hospital, NHS team, Macmillan or medicine manufacturer.
What to add
- The cancer diagnosis and current status, using the wording given by the clinical team.
- The current or recent treatment type, regimen and medicine names.
- The date of the most recent treatment and any date until which an alert remains relevant.
- The treating hospital, consultant, cancer nurse specialist or key worker.
- The 24-hour cancer treatment advice number printed on the alert card.
- Any specific infection, temperature or neutropenic sepsis instructions.
- Details of a PICC, Hickman line, implanted port or other access device.
- Any radioactive treatment or seed implant, its date, restrictions, department contact and the date the issued card must be carried until.
Copy, do not interpret
Enter the instructions exactly as the cancer care team supplied them. Do not calculate temperature thresholds, restriction periods or card expiry dates yourself because these can vary by treatment and hospital.
Keep the official card
MIPACE is an additional way to share information. Continue carrying the original cancer treatment, immunotherapy, medicine or radiation card and show it to healthcare professionals when instructed.
Emergency: follow the treating team’s instructions. Call 999 for a life-threatening emergency. MIPACE does not diagnose symptoms or provide clinical advice.