Cancer Care Conference 2025 :: Clatterbridge Clinical Education

Aim

Join us for this collaborative, face-to-face event where we will explore key topics relating to cancer care. This is an opportunity for you to receive an update regarding cancer services across the North West region, with a focus on Shared Decision Making, whilst considering how we can enhance patient experience.

There will also be an opportunity to review poster presentations from across the North West. The aim of these are to provide an opportunity to present and discuss your work, network with like-minded colleagues and share experiences in Shared Decision Making working in partnership with patients across the cancer pathway.

Target Audience

We welcome delegates from a variety of professional backgrounds working in roles aligned to cancer care across the region.

Date and Duration

Date/Time:

7 October 2025

Duration:

1 Day, 08:30-16:30

NB This is a face to face event

Content and Certification

The full agenda will be published in due course, including sessions on (STC):

What is Shared Decision Making (SDM) and why is it so important?
Applying SDM when considering frailty with a cancer diagnosis
The importance of SDM for those with a dual diagnosis: living with HIV and cancer
The Research Engagement and Collaborative Health Enquiry (REACHE project) working to integrate people with learning disabilities in research
The importance of SDM in the context of gaining informed consent
Practicalities of SDM - Tools and challenges
Lived experience of SDM in cancer care
Communications skills and how to enable SDM in practice

There will also be an opportunity to review poster presentations from colleagues across the region during the day.

Abstract Posters

If you are a researcher/ practitioner/ educator/ student interested in improving Shared Decision Making, then this is an ideal conference to present and discuss your work, network with likeminded colleagues and learn what’s new in Shared Decision Making.

Click on the QR Code or link for the poster application

Deadline: Friday 27th June 2025

https://forms.office.com/e/XdfWhdeJ5D

Mindfulness Sessions

Join us for a short session on an introduction to Mindfulness to enhance overall wellbeing. These sessions will be 20 minutes with Anne-Marie Orford, Specialist Counsellor in Psychological Medicine and can be booked via the link / QR code below:

https://forms.office.com/e/B46JWYMGk2