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Strike action from Thursday 27 June to Tuesday 2 July 2024

Junior doctors at The Christie will strike from 7am on Thursday 27 June until 7am on Tuesday 2 July 2024.

We are proactively contacting patients with appointments that may be affected. If you have an appointment on any of these dates, please continue to come to The Christie and our other centres as planned, unless we contact you to tell you otherwise. Please do not call to check if your appointment is still going ahead.

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Wound Care Study Day

Wednesday 25 September 2024, 9am to 5pm BST

This course will provide a multi-disciplinary approach to cancers affecting the skin. It will share typical presentations and discuss their management. There will be opportunities to explore treatment options, share good practice and debate day to day challenges in wound care.

Audience

A study day intended for GPs, district nurses, practice nurses, tissue viability nurses, lymphoedema practitioners, oncology nurses and radiotherapy staff.

What to expect

Prices

Once early bird finishes

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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Wound Care Study Day - Wednesday 25 September 2024

Time Session
8.45 Registration
9.00 Haematopoesis and basic immunology
Ruth Clout, Lead nurse haematology and TYA education and Palatine, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
9.15 Introduction and welcome
Susy Pramod, Lead nurse tissue viability, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
9.30 Lymphoedema
Jo Clarke, Lymphoedema specialist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
10.10 Surgical reconstruction
Kantappa Gajanan, Specialty doctor plastic surgery, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

10.40 - break

Time Session
11.00 Gynaecological cancers
Dr Eva Myrokefalitaki, Consultant, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
11.40 Head and neck cancers skin and wound management
Trish Murray, Clinical nurse specialist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

12.20 - lunch

Time Session
13.20 Proton therapy
Mark Reed, Specialist radiographer, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
14.00 Wound care in oncology including malignant fungating wounds
Susy Pramod, Lead nurse tissue viability, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
14.05 Introduction to myeloma
Dr Jim Cavet, Consultant haematologist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

14.45 - break

Time Session
15.05 Assessing skin reactions in people of colour
Naman Julka-Anderson, Research Radiographer, The Royal Marsden NHS Trust and Institute of Cancer Research, Allied Health Professional Clinical Advisor at Macmillan Cancer Support and co-founder of Rad Chat Oncology Podcast
15.45 Close and final questions
Susy Pramod, Lead nurse tissue viability, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

16.00 - close

Last updated: June 2024