With pressure growing and resources being stretched, this course was created to uncover how to improve your capacity
Designed for SACT professionals, this interactive training day enabled the attendees to step back and reassess their service, enabling them to create a viable plan for improved capacity management.
Key learning outcomes
This study day provided the elements necessary to create an action plan and start tackling demand pressures head on:
- Understand the national capacity conclusions and service implications
- Enhance prioritisation, productivity and preservation in your SACT team
- Improve efficiency by effectively reviewing your service and treatment pathways
- Utilise capacity and demand modelling to ensure targeted developments
- Achieve tangible improvements in your protocol and prescribing systems
Developed with convenience in mind
Participants took away useful techniques and new processes to manage demand and optimise capacity:
- Evidenced based examples and knowledge implementation: national guidance, concise tips and implementable tools
- Interactive presentations: opportunity to ask critical questions and learn from the lessons of your leading expert
- Closed room discussions: benchmark and share your experiences with your fellow attendees
- Agreed action plan: leave the course with confidence to make changes to your service
Available for in-house training
Available as a bespoke course to teams of 30+ people. Please do contact us if you would like this training 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.
| 9:30 |
Joining, technical support and instructions
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| 10:00 |
Chair’s opening remarks
Samantha Toland, Lead Chemotherapy Nurse, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
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| National SACT updates | |
| 10:10 |
Understanding the national conclusions and implications: what can be done?
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| 10:30 |
Questions and answers with Samantha Toland
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| Workforce upgrades | |
| 10:40 |
Enhancing workforce management and prioritisation to improve capacity in your unit
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| 11:10 |
Questions and answers with Samantha Toland
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| 11:20 |
Interactive discussion: Share good practice and discover what others are doing to support their team’s capacity
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| 11:50 |
Screen break
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| Innovative working | |
| 12:00 |
Reviewing your service and treatment pathways to enhance efficiency
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| 12:30 |
Questions and answers with Samantha Toland
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| 12:40 |
Interactive discussion: Reviewing your pathways to increase efficiency
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| 1:10 |
Lunch break
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| Capacity and demand modelling | |
| 1:40 |
Understanding the bigger picture: how efficient is your service and how can you improve it?
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| 2:10 |
Questions and answers with Samantha Toland
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| 2:20 |
Interactive discussion: Work through scenarios to demonstrate service improvements
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| 2:50 |
Screen break
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| Protocols and prescribing systems | |
| 3:00 |
Boosting efficiency of your protocol and prescribing systems
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| 3:30 |
Questions and answers with Samantha Toland
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| 3:40 |
Interactive group discussion: reflection and action points explored
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| 4:10 |
Closing remarks and close of day
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Sharing in first-hand experience
Samantha Toland is an experienced speaker and lecturer who has previously been described by attendees as ‘especially engaging’ and ‘very inspiring’. At this interactive workshop, those in attendance benefitted first-hand from her extensive experience within oncology nursing.
Samantha Toland
Lead Chemotherapy Nurse
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Audience insight
With capacity at the forefront of everyone’s mind, now is the time to come together with your fellow SACT professionals to get new ideas to drive your service forward. At this event, we were joined by the likes of:
- SACT Unit Managers
- SACT, Chemotherapy and Acute Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialists, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Consultants
- Pharmacists
- Managers
- Sisters and Matrons
- Consultants
If you have a team that is 30 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
With over 1300 professionals taking part in our online oncology events in the past 4 years, our focused online forums have received excellent feedback – but don’t take our word for it!
View further comments on Oncology National Networking Forums on Trust Pilot.
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
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
Sponsorship engagement
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 offering dedicated presentation, Q&A, networking and discussion time, each sponsor will be fully immersed into the event and able to effectively engage with your NHS audience.
Your 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