This unique online educational course enabled the attendees to navigate the intricacies and develop the skills of this accredited role, offering a practical insight into how you can enhance your service.
This in-depth training day provided the strategies to promote effective teamwork, a ‘how to’ guide to selectively mapping your network and valuable resources on safety profiles. The delegates walked away from this immersive day equipped with the knowledge to succeed in their team and confident to take your next steps in development as a CRP.
Continuing Professional Development
On the day, participants immersed themselves in this educational course and learnt about the full capacity of the Clinical Research Practitioner and the dynamics of the role to progress their services. Attendees were able to gain insights from an industry expert on:
- The history and importance of the CRP role
- Navigating the duties and responsibilities of CRP within your clinical research team
- Exploring strategies to promote effective teamwork within the role
- Identifying key leadership skills to promote team cohesion
- How to map your own network to provide quality support for the role
- Optimising your standards, documentation sourcing and data management
- Finding the correct safety profiles for your services’ medication
- When and how to escalate appropriately in the safety reporting procedure
Developed with convenience in mind
Useful techniques and new skills to use in your day-to-day work routine, plus:
- Evidenced based examples: engage with and learn from your expert leader
- Interactive presentations: Investigating strategies to elevate your leadership and teamwork skills
- Resource sharing: hear about where to find safety profiles for your services’ medicines
- Agreed action plan: leave this course with the next steps in your development as a CRP
Click here to view the full list of clinical research courses available.
This course is available for in-house training
Available as bespoke training to teams of 25+ people. Please do contact us if you would like this course delivered exclusively to your team, with the content developed to drill into the specific needs of your service. Please email Sarah Kemm or call 01732 897788 for further details.
Learning & development
Oncology National Networking Forums are pleased to be featured as part of the ACCEND Framework
The ePortfolio platform is available via the Greater Manchester Cancer Academy and supports professional development in cancer care.
This forum and all of our events are mapped to the ACCEND Framework and can be recorded in the ACCEND ePortfolio to help you evidence your learning, reflections and competencies.
To find out more, click on the ACCEND Framework tab.

| 9:00 |
Registration, technical support and networking opportunity
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| 9:30 |
Introduction, instructions and chair’s opening remarks
Karl Ward, Lead Nurse for Research and Innovation, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT), Lead for the LTHT Research Academy, NIHR Nursing and Midwifery Senior Research Leader and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
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| The role of the Clinical Research Practitioner | |
| 9:40 |
Exploring the creation and the impact of Clinical Research Practitioners
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| 10:10 |
Questions and answers with Karl Ward
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| 10:20 |
Interactive discussion: Sharing CRP experience: Evaluating your current position
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| 10:40 |
Screen break
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| 10:50 |
Feedback from interactive discussion: Sharing CRP experience: Evaluating your current position
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| Identifying the duties and responsibilities | |
| 11:00 |
Navigating the expectations and functions of a CRP within your team
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| 11:30 |
Questions and answers with Karl Ward
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| 11:40 |
Interactive discussion: Exploring strategies to promote effective teamwork
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| 12:00 |
Lunch time screen break
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| 12:30 |
Feedback from interactive discussion: Exploring strategies to promote effective teamwork
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| Developing your leadership skills | |
| 12:40 |
Levelling up your leadership skills: how to utilise your network to support development
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| 1:10 |
Questions and answers with Karl Ward
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| 1:20 |
Interactive activity: Mapping your own network
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| 1:40 |
Screen break
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| 1:50 |
Feedback from interactive activity: Mapping your own network
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| Managing study delivery from the perspective of the CRP | |
| 2:00 |
Optimising quality assurance and maintaining safety standards in your work
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| 2:30 |
Questions and answers with Karl Ward
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| 2:40 |
Interactive discussion: Reflections of the day: building an action plan
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| 3:00 |
Feedback from interactive discussion: Reflections of the day: building an action plan
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| 3:10 |
Leader’s closing remarks
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| 3:20 |
Close of day
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Sharing in first-hand experience
Course leader, Karl Ward shared his insights and first-hand experiences to ensure the participants developed and levelled up in their role as a Clinical Research Practitioner.
Karl Ward
Lead Nurse for Research and Innovation (Education)
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Lead for the LTHT Research Academy, NIHR GCP Facilitator and Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Who came?
This course was been specifically designed for Clinical Research Practitioners.
If you have a team that is 25 people or more, you can have a bespoke workshop delivered online to your team alone. Please contact Sarah Kemm or telephone 01732 897788.
Past attendee feedback
This event followed on from our previous Clinical Research courses which took place in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Don’t take our word for how much past attendees have enjoyed the training, check out the feedback:
About the ACCEND Framework
The ACCEND Framework is designed to enhance cancer care by providing a structured approach to education and professional development for healthcare professionals.
- It defines the essential Cancer Capabilities in Practice (CiPs) and offers a tailored educational structure to support progression at every stage of a cancer care career.
- Launched in January 2023, the framework aims to transform career pathways and improve training and development opportunities across the cancer workforce.
- It provides access to the education and training needed to meet role-specific competencies and includes dedicated resources for nurses, allied health professionals and those in cancer-related support roles.
- The ACCEND Framework delivers a nationally agreed career and education structure underpinned by clearly defined capabilities in practice.
Map Your Learning to the ACCEND Framework
All Oncology National Networking Forum courses listed on the Greater Manchester Cancer Academy’s ACCEND ePortfolio are fully aligned with the ACCEND Framework.
You can easily log your attendance and map your learning to the Cancer Capabilities in Practice (CiPs) through the ACCEND ePortfolio.
To do this:
- Register and log in to the ePortfolio
- Click ‘Add Entry’
- Select 'Choose an item from the library'
- Change the provider to Oncology National Networking Forums
- Choose the relevant event you have attended (or plan to attend)
This tool offers a central space to track your professional development, reflections and achievements - supporting your ongoing career in cancer care.
Click here to access the ePortfolio

Why sponsor?
Our role at SBK Healthcare is to bring industry together with healthcare professionals so that you can educate and inform your audience. These trail-blazing oncology forums offer dedicated presentations, Q&A, networking and discussion time, each sponsor will be fully immersed into the event and able to effectively engage with your NHS audience.
Interested in having your own event, managed by us?
SBK Healthcare also provides in-house forums. Working closely with you as the client we can research, produce, market and deliver the conference or online forum that best suits the audience and meets your goals.
Reach out today
If you would like more information on our sponsorship options an in-house forum or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact:
Sarah Kemm
Contact: 01732 897788