Programme
Theme: The future oncology workforce & workplace
Friday 12 September 2025: Transforming yourself and transforming others
This will be a pre-conference workshop on education and training (limited to 60 places only on a first-come will get registered basis).
Topics considered include:
- Building and running a team
- Attending an inquest or incident review
- Job planning and contracts
- Pregnancy planning, fertility issues
- Coaching
- Negotiation skills
- Training in research and research methods
- Challenges of telehealth – legal issues
- Integrating other health professionals into the oncology workforce
- Career journeys, development from medical student to successful consultant and beyond
- Life outside of medicine (personal reflections on their interesting activities outside of work)
- Writing SBA questions & update on the SCE Medical Oncology
- Mentorship skills training (for seniors) and launch of scheme for Medical Oncology
- Training in research and research methods
- Educational supervision
Saturday 13 September 2025: Transforming the clinical service
Topics considered include:
- The future cancer service
- Service development initiatives: Acute immunotherapy toxicity service?
- Acute Oncology Service
- Capacity and demand modelling – SACT implementation
- Idiots guide to commissioning
- Introducing a new therapy into your practice
- Quality improvement projects
- Artificial intelligence (AI) in oncology
- Chemotherapy data sets – what can be learned from delivery data?
- New service developments: pharmacist-led, nurse-led chemo clinics, supportive care service
- Specific audit projects that impact on service quality
Sunday 14 September 2025: Transforming the clinical service
Topics considered include:
- Building resilience in the workforce (Susie Banerjee, RMH)
- Recognising and addressing burnout
- Work-life: achieving the right balance
- Exercise for depression
- Stress-busting your work life
- Dealing with work pressure and workload
- Mental wellbeing development skills
- Meditation services
- How to deal with FOMO
- Mindfulness on two wheels