North West Children's Cancer Operational Delivery Network

Palliative Care Research Network - Networking event 19th July 2024
2024-07-19 10:00 - 15:30 (Europe/London) | St Catherine’s Hospice, St Catherine’s Park. Lostock Lane, Lostock Hall, Preston, PR5 5XU, St Catherine’s Park. Lostock Lane, Lostock Hall, Preston, PR5 5XU., United Kingdom
When: Friday 19th July, 10am – 3.30pm. Registration and refreshments from 9.15am.
Where: St Catherine’s Hospice, Preston (see map below)
Who: Anyone interested in getting involved in or developing palliative care research particularly across Merseyside, Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria and Greater Manchester. This includes clinicians (nurses, doctors, allied health professionals, social care professionals), researchers, researcher managers and more. No need to have research experience to attend.
What: Plenary session, and a mix of presentations including bitesize introductions to research in palliative care and current projects with networking opportunities including research development groups. Check back for full programme, outline below.
How much: FREE! We will even throw in lunch
How to book: Click on this Microsoft Forms link here to register to attend before the 12th July 2024

Health Play Specialist Study Day
2024-07-04 08:30 - 15:45 | Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, CB2 0RE
This study day will explore the challenges children and young people, and their family, face during their cancer journey.
During this day we will look at the role of technology to support children in hospital, caring for the whole family and the challenges they may face on a palliative pathway.
We will hear from speakers including those from the wider MDT such as a radiographer, healthcare play specialists, counsellor practitioner and palliative care nurse/consultant.
This study day is aimed at anyone who works with or is interested in working with children and young people in a hospital or hospice setting, particularly those who already work with children with an oncology diagnosis.
To register click here
Provisional programme:
8.30-8.50 – Arrival and Refreshments
8.50-9.00 – Welcome
Session 1: The Role of Technology to Support Children in Hospital – Help or Hindrance?
9.00-9.30 –The use of technology in MRI (Rosemary Hargrave + Radiographer)
9.30 – 10.00 – The use of VR (Chloe Dixon HPS Birmingham)
10.00-10.30 – DR.VR™
10.30-10.50 – Coffee Break
Session 2: Caring for the Whole Family
10.50 – 11.30 – Young Lives VS Cancer – challenges faced by families and support available (Rich)
11.30-12.00 – Supporting parents and siblings (Georgina Fisher Counsellor Practitioner)
12.00 – 12.30 The View of the Parent
12.30 – 1.30 Lunch and Networking
1.30-2.00 – Occupational Therapy
2.00-2.30 – The View of the Patient
Session 3: Challenges Faced on the Palliative Pathway
2.30-3.00 – The role of the Palliative Care team and the challenges families face (Juliet (Palliative Care Nurse) and/or Carolina Perez-Gonzalez (Palliative Care Consultant))
3.00-3:30 – The Role of the Health Play Specialist in a Hospice/Palliative Care (Vikki Kempster from Noah’s Ark Hospice)
Summary and Close – 3:30-3.45

Paediatric Oncology GRID teaching session: TYA cancer
2024-06-26 14:00 - 17:00 | Virtual
The next Paediatric oncology GRID teaching session will be ‘teenage and young adult cancer‘

Speaker: Dr Angela Jesudason, Consultant Paediatric Oncology, Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh
Programme TBC
The teaching programme is aimed at GRID trainees but all clinical fellows, registrars and allied professionals who are interested in paediatric oncology, and teenage and young adult cancers are invited to join.
This event is free to attend but registration is required to access the meeting.
For more information and to book click here

Foundations in Paediatric Palliative Care
2024-06-26 - 2024-06-27, 2024-04-25 - 2024-04-26 | Virtual
A 2 day programme developed and delivered by experts who work in The Louis Dundas Centre for Children’s Palliative Care.
This interdisciplinary programme is open to all clinical staff including Nurses, Doctors and Allied Health Professional’s with an interest in Paediatric Palliative Care.
The programme will cover a range of topics on advanced care planning, ethics, decision making, assessment, symptom management, post death care, communication and loss and grief, and is aimed to help deliver the best possible palliative and end of life care.
The days will be a mixture of lectures, small breakout facilitated discussion groups and Q&A sessions.
Open to all clinical staff with an interest in Paediatric Palliative Care.
For further information please contact: palliativecare.education@gosh.nhs.uk
Foundation Programme Poster April-June 2024_

Foundations to Paediatric Oncology
2024-06-17 - 2024-06-18 | Institute In The Park Alder Hey Hospital, Eaton Road, Liverpool, L12 2AP, United Kingdom
Foundations to Paediatric Oncology 17th – 18th June 2024
Register here.

North West Paediatric Oncology Group Meeting - Radiotherapy
2024-05-24 13:30 - 19:30 | The Christie, Proton Beam Therapy Centre (Seminar Room 1, 3rd Floor), The Christie, Oak Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M20 3DA, United Kingdom
Educational day focusing on CYP radiotherapy.
See agenda for full details: North West Paediatric Oncology Group Meeting

The Christie / CCLG Paediatric Radiotherapy Course
2024-05-23 - 2024-07-04 | Virtual
A broad introduction to the principles of paediatric radiotherapy along with a focus on specific diagnoses.
For more information click here.
These sessions will be live events whereby delegates can interact live on the day. All those registered for the study day will be able to catch up on all sessions on-demand – the perfect solution should you have prior clinical commitments or leave. The links to the recordings are typically available a few hours after the event has finished.
Intended Audience
Suitable for Nurses (including Practice and Specialist), Allied Health Professionals, Medical Trainees, ANPs and PAMs
What to expect

Session 1– Fundamentals (23.04.2024)
Session 2- Neuro-oncology 1 (06.06.2024)
Session 3- Neuro-oncology 2 (20.06.2024)
Session 4– Non CNS Sarcoma and Hodgkin’s (27.06.2024)
Session 5– Non CNS Late effects (04.07.2024)

UK Fertility Preservation Annual Conference: A window into the future
2024-05-22 - 2024-05-23 | John McIntyre Conference Centre – Edinburgh, John McIntyre Conference Centre, 18 Holyrood Park Rd, Edinburgh, EH16 5AY, United Kingdom
A 1.5 day meeting for healthcare professionals and scientists of all sorts to discuss the future of Fertility Preservation in the UK. There will be opportunities to present your data in flash talks and posters whilst engaging with research leaders from the UK, Europe and USA, who will explore topics surrounding fertility preservation in males and females, from the medical to the ethical and molecular.
Book your place here.

The Greater Manchester Cancer Conference and Awards 2024
2024-05-14 08:00 - 2024-05-15 17:00 | Hilton Manchester, 303 Deansgate, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 4LQ, United Kingdom
The Greater Manchester Cancer Conference and Awards are back in 2024, this time with the theme of Empowerment in Practice: Communities, Professionals and Researchers. The conference will bring together all of GM’s cancer system and partners to share best practice, update on latest priorities and developments in cancer, and share new and promising innovations.
To book your ticket click here.

CCLG Annual Conference 2024
2024-04-22 08:00 - 2024-04-23 17:00 | Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, Stadium Way W, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK1 1ST
The UK’s leading professional children’s cancer conference is back for essential updates, best practice excellence, innovations and research and the chance to connect and network with friends and colleagues. The conference will take place on 22-23 April 2024 at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes.
Venue :The 2024 CCLG Annual Conference will be held at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes.
For more information please visit The UK’s leading professsional children’s cancer conference | 22-23 April 2024 | CCLG Annual Conference 2024

CMCA Cancer Conference
2024-03-18 09:00 - 16:00 | The Spine Building 2 Paddington Village Liverpool L7 3FA, The Spine Building, 2 Paddington Village, Liverpool, L7 3FA, United Kingdom
About this event
NHS Long Term Plan: halfway through the journey
Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance invites system stakeholders to discuss progress towards the LTP’s 2028 targets for cancer – and share how its vision can be met. There will be

CMCA programme presentations
Breakout discussion groups
Networking opportunities
Poster presentation
Lunch included

Keynote speakers

Dame Cally Palmer, National Cancer Director for NHS England
Raj Jain & Graham Urwin, Integrated Care Board Chair
Dr Liz Bishop, CMCA SRO and The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre CEO
Dr Chris Warburton, CMCA Medical Director
Kate Parker – MSCC Service Lead

Register through Eventbrite ahead of the event and an invitation will be sent to you with more details and the agenda. Event Link

North West Childrens & TYA Cancer Conference
2024-03-01 08:45 - 16:15 | The Marriott Victoria & Albert Hotel Water St Manchester M3 4JQ, Water Street, Manchester, M3 4JQ
We are pleased to announce the first event for the North West Children’s Cancer Operational Delivery Network and The Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Network is taking place in 2024. This is a collaborative event with the Cancer Alliances (Greater Manchester; Cheshire & Merseyside; and Lancashire & South Cumbria).
Bringing healthcare professionals together from across the North West to improve and innovate cancer care.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact the NWCCODN and Events team at info.nwccodn@mft.nhs.uk. We look forward to seeing you there!
For more information and to book your place please visit Childrens Academy – Greater Manchester Cancer Academy (gmcanceracademy.org.uk)
See agenda for more details: NWCTYA Cancer Conference2024 – Agenda

CCLG Supportive Care Education Day
2024-02-06 08:00 - 17:00 | Birmingham Childrens Hospital Education Centre, Birmingham, B4 6NH, Steelhouse Ln, Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6NH
CCLG’s Next Supportive Care Education Day will be held in person on Tuesday 6 February 2024 at Birmingham Childrens Hospital Education Centre, Birmingham, B4 6NH
Everyone with an interest in supportive care in paediatric oncology is very welcome to join us, so please encourage all members of your team to attend. The day will feature a varied and engaging programme from international expert multidisciplinary speakers presenting new developments and research.
Sessions will include:

I’m so tired! Clinical Practice Guidelines on the management of fatigue in children and adolescents with cancer (Professor Lillian Sung, SickKids, Toronto)
The importance of diet in the prevention of obesity in children diagnosed with ALL (Dr Raquel Revuelta Iniesta, Lecturer in Nutrition, University of Exeter)
Can I go to the zoo? Evidence-based lifestyle restrictions in children with cancer (Professor Wim Tissing, Princess Maxima Centre, Netherlands)
The FORTEe study: Clinical interventions and technology solutions for exercise rehabilitation among paediatric oncology patients (Hayley Marriott, Oxford Brookes, University)
Research and Quality Improvement abstract presentations
Plus updates on infections, nausea and vomiting and mucositis

For more information please visit https://www.cclg.org.uk/meetings-and-events/cclg-supportive-care-education-day/16031?OccId=22983
Please book to reserve your place.  Booking closes 09:00 30 January 2024

Liver Special Interest Group Meeting
2023-12-06 15:00 - 16:00 | Online Webinar
The Liver Special Interest Group will meet on Wednesday 6 December 2023, 15:00 – 16:00
The Liver Special Interest Group is having a kick-off meeting co-chaired by Milind Ronghe and Madhumita Dandapani.
There is a need for us to come together as a professionals to continue to do our best for children with liver tumours; to develop CCLG treatment guidelines as well as establish a Liver Tumour Advisory panel to discuss patients with difficult-to-treat disease. The Liver SIG shall provide a forum for discussion of all aspects of paediatric liver tumours and shall promote collaboration between interested groups. It may also be appropriate to consider approaches to the management of non-malignant liver tumours.
This event is open to all CCLG members and is free to attend, but registration is required.
For more information please Visit https://www.cclg.org.uk/meetings-and-events/liver-special-interest-group-meeting/16025?OccId=22974
If you have any questions about this event, please contact the CCLG Membership team at membership@cclg.org.uk. We look forward to seeing you there.

Foundations to Paediatric Oncology Study Programme (Two Day)
2023-10-12 08:30 - 2023-10-13 17:00 | Institute In The Park Alder Hey Hospital, Eaton Road, Liverpool, L12 2AP, United Kingdom
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/foundations-to-paediatric-oncology-study-programme-two-day-tickets-668103324027?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance Conference 2023
2023-10-03 09:00 - 16:00 | The Spine Building 2 Paddington Village Liverpool L7 3FA, The Spine Building, 2 Paddington Village, Liverpool, L7 3FA, United Kingdom
CMCA invites system stakeholders to discuss progress towards the LTP’s 2028 targets for cancer – and share how its vision can be met.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cheshire-and-merseyside-cancer-alliance-conference-2023-tickets-654746122277?aff=oddtdtcreator%0D
