Systemic anti cancer therapies: Developments in current care

Thursday 13 February 2025, 9am to 5pm GMT

What to expect

Intended audience

Qualified health care professionals involved in the care of patients having SACT or anyone with a special interest in this patient group, especially nursing and pharmacy staff.

Prices

All tickets (on-site and virtual) include access to the event recordings, resources and presentations for up to 6 months post-event date.

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Systemic anti cancer therapies: Developments in current care - Thursday 13 February 2025

Time Session
8.30 Registration
9.00 Welcome and introduction
Laura McNab, Specialist practice educator in SACT, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
9.10 UK SACT: Current landscape and capacity crisis
Joe Williams, Pharmacist at The Christie, BOPA Chair, UK SACT Board
9.40 Cancer and societal inclusion: Access to treatments - EDI panel discussion
Leone Alexandar, EDI Education Lead, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
10.10 Patient perspective: Lived experience through SACT
Patient Speaker

10.40 - break

Time Session
11.00 Cytotoxic exposure
Dr Karen Campbell, UKONS President and Macmillan Associate Professor in Cancer Nursing, Edinburgh Napier University 
11.45 Hypersensitivity guidance - UK SACT Board , BOPA, UKONS
Dr Danya Abdulwahid, Consultant , The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

12.30 - lunch

Time Session
13.15 Extravasation guidance
Elaine Tomlins, Consultant nurse chemotherapy, The Royal Marsden NHS Trust
14.00 Demystifying immunotherapies
Trudy Guinan, Immunotherapy nurse consultant, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
Ali Hodge, Advanced clinical practitioner acute oncology and immunotherapy, University Hospitals Sussex

14.45 - break

Time Session
15.00 Learning from incidents
Mary O’Mahoney, Quality manager, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
15.30 Circulating tumour DNA testing
TBC
16.00 Closing thoughts
Laura McNab, Specialist practice educator in SACT, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

16.15 - close

Last updated: December 2024