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A Practical Guide to Effective Non-Medical Prescribing in Cancer Care

Wed, 11 Dec 2024

Virtual, Online

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This conference focuses on Non Medical Prescribing in Cancer Care. Through national updates and practical case studies the conference will demonstrate how the effective use of nurse prescribing in cancer care can improve patient care, experience and outcomes. The conference will focus on developing competence and confidence in non medical prescribing in cancer care, including using the using the National Competency Framework for all Prescribers. Case study sessions will demonstrate how prescribing practice can be improve care for people with cancer and will focus on maintaining and demonstrating prescribing competence, prescribing for pain management, chemotherapy prescribing, Immunotherapy induced side effects and how to manage them, prescribing for co-morbidity and the importance of holistic assessment, prescribing for symptom control, and prescribing in end life care including controlled drugs.

“Cancer survival in England is at an all-time high due to the speed and scale of advances in diagnosis and treatment across the NHS. Our work on cancer really matters to people. As we live longer, more of us will develop cancer ourselves, or will have family or friends who are affected by cancer. We want more people to be cured of their cancer or supported to find a way of living their life well with it…. Whilst good progress has been made in the past five years, delivery will need to accelerate to realise our ambitions.”

Dame Cally Palmer National Cancer Director NHS England 9th May 2024

Over 320,000 people received treatment for cancer over the last year (Nov 2021 – Oct 2022) – the highest year on record, and up by more than 8,000 on the same period pre-pandemic.

NHS England January 2023

This conference will enable you to:

  • Network with colleagues who are working to improve non medical prescribing practice in cancer care

  • Reflect on the new developments in prescribing and treatments

  • Understand the national context including the national competency framework for prescribers

  • Develop your skills and improve competence in prescribing practice

  • Understand how to develop prescribing to improve chemotherapy services

  • Immunotherapy induced side effects and how to manage them

  • Prescribing for co-morbidity

  • Improve your skills in the prescribing and prescribing governance

  • Examine your role within prescribing at the end of life including symptom control and controlled drugs

  • Understand the practicalities of effective prescribing within a clinic setting

  • Learn from established prescribing practice in chemotherapy prescribing and developing the role of non medical prescribers in an SACT clinic

  • Understand how to audit and demonstrate competence in non medical prescribing practice

  • Self assess and reflect on your own practice

  • Support CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes

Speakers include:

Dr Barry Quinn

Senior Lecturer for Cancer & Palliative Care
Queens University

Prof Nicola Stoner

Cancer Consultant Pharmacist
Oxford Cancer and Haematology Centre
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Andrew Tweddle

Consultant in Palliative Medicine
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Ms Laura Collantes

Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Sact
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Exhibition & Sponsorship Packages

This conference offers a valuable opportunity for industry suppliers to personally meet with their target audience where they will have time to talk and demonstrate the benefits of their products. High quality specialist audiences make having a presence at our events a highly targeted and cost effective marketing channel.

Why Exhibit?

Having a presence at this event will give you the opportunity to:

  • Demonstrate your product, system or service
  • Network and engage with your key audience  
  • Generate new business leads
  • Gain exposure for your brand and raise the profile of your organisation
  • Understand the current needs of your audience and challenges they’re facing
  • Update your knowledge of national policy and local developments  

Enquire

Contact Sarah Jane for exhibition and sponsorship prices, or to discuss a tailored package to suit your needs and budget.

Fee Options

Virtual NHS, Schools, Care and Public Sector

£295.00

(£354.00)

Virtual Voluntary sector & charities

£250.00

(£300.00)

Virtual Commercial organisations

£495.00

(£594.00)

(Prices in brackets include VAT)

Discounts

Additional delegate discount:

A discount of 15% will be applied to fees for any extra delegates.

Online discount:

A discount of 10% will be applied if you pay using the website.

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Supporting Organisations

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