Come together with cancer prehabilitation leads, AHPs, cancer nurses and service leads to explore practical approaches to implementing, developing and sustaining effective prehabilitation pathways. Join Chloé McMurray, Personalised Cancer Care Prehabilitation Lead and Specialist Dietitian at University Hospital Tees, as she shares practical experience of triage and referral, multimodal prehabilitation, community partnerships and service development.
Book your place to strengthen your approach to identifying patients for universal, targeted and specialist support, coordinating exercise, nutrition and psychological input, and making the best use of available resources. You will also explore how community and voluntary sector partnerships can extend prehabilitation support, before considering how to secure stakeholder buy-in, demonstrate impact and build sustainable pathways and workforce models.
Build your service knowledge
5 CPD hours: practical prehabilitation service development
Build a practical understanding of how to implement, develop and sustain effective cancer prehabilitation services, from identifying and referring the right patients through to developing multimodal support, community partnerships and sustainable service models.
Key learning outcomes include:
- Applying effective triage and referral approaches, including risk stratification, prioritisation and timely intervention
- Identifying the right level of support for each patient, across universal, targeted and specialist prehabilitation
- Bringing together exercise, nutrition and psychological support to deliver effective multimodal prehabilitation
- Strengthening multidisciplinary working and making effective use of wider AHP expertise and available resources
- Working with community partners to extend support through VCSE organisations, leisure providers and sports foundations
- Addressing access, engagement and health inequalities when developing community-based prehabilitation support
- Building a sustainable prehabilitation service through stakeholder engagement, business cases, outcome measurement and workforce planning
Live online learning
Share challenges and take away practical next steps
This interactive online workshop will help you reflect on your current approach to cancer prehabilitation and identify realistic opportunities to strengthen and develop your service. Throughout the day, you will have the opportunity to:
- Connect online with colleagues working across cancer prehabilitation and personalised cancer care
- Take part in guided discussions on triage and referral, multimodal prehabilitation, community partnerships and service sustainability
- Bring patient cases and service challenges for discussion and explore practical approaches with peers
- Ask questions and gain practical guidance from Chloé McMurray throughout the day
- Take away realistic next steps to strengthen prehabilitation pathways and service delivery in your own organisation
In-house training
Available as bespoke training to teams of 25 or more 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 Sarah on 01732 897788 for further details.
Learning & development
Oncology National Networking Forums are pleased to be featured on the ACCEND Greater Manchester ePortfolio
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 Greater Manchester ePortfolio to help you evidence your learning, reflections and competencies.
To find out more, click on the ACCEND tab.

| 9:00 |
Registration, technical support and networking opportunity
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| 9:30 |
Introduction, instructions and course leader’s opening remarks
Chloé McMurray, Personalised Cancer Care Prehabilitation Lead & Specialist Dietitian, University Hospital Tees
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| Identifying needs and accessing support | |
| 9:40 |
Triage and referral into prehabilitation
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| 10:10 |
Questions and answers with your course leader
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| 10:20 |
Facilitated discussion and feedback: Applying prehabilitation triage in practice. Delegates to bring patient cases and examples for discussion to consider:
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| 10:50 |
Screen break
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| Coordinating personalised prehabilitation | |
| 11:00 |
Delivering multimodal prehabilitation
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| 11:30 |
Questions and answers with your course leader
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| 11:40 |
Facilitated discussion and feedback: Making multimodal prehabilitation work with available resources
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| 12:10 |
Lunch break
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| Community partnerships | |
| 12:40 |
Developing Community Partnerships to Enhance Prehabilitation Services
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| 1:10 |
Questions and answers with your course leader
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| 1:20 |
Facilitated discussion and feedback: How can community partners support cancer prehabilitation?
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| 1:50 |
Screen break
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| Developing your service in practice | |
| 2:00 |
Building and sustaining a cancer prehabilitation service
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| 2:30 |
Questions and answers with your course leader
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| 2:40 |
Facilitated discussion, reflection and feedback: Turning learning into practical next steps
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| 3:10 |
Course leader’s closing remarks
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| 3:20 |
Close of day
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Your expert workshop leader:
Chloé McMurray is Personalised Cancer Care Prehabilitation Lead and Specialist Dietitian at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She has led the development and delivery of cancer prehabilitation services, including the OPTIMISE programme, bringing together nutritional, physical and psychological support and developing partnerships with community organisations to improve access to prehabilitation. Her background in specialist cancer nutrition and practical experience of designing and implementing prehabilitation pathways will bring a strong service-development focus to the workshop.
Chloé McMurray
Personalised Cancer Care Prehabilitation Lead and Specialist Dietitian
University Hospital Tees
Expected attendees
This online workshop is designed for professionals involved in developing, delivering or improving cancer prehabilitation services and pathways. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Cancer prehabilitation leads and coordinators
- Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), including physiotherapists, dietitians and occupational therapists
- Cancer nurses, CNSs and AHP leads
- Clinical and service leads involved in cancer pathways
- Oncology and surgical teams involved in preparing patients for treatment
- Exercise specialists and health and wellbeing practitioners
- Personalised care and rehabilitation teams
- Service managers and transformation leads involved in developing cancer services
Past attendee feedback
This workshop builds on SBK’s wide range of oncology events supporting professionals across cancer services to develop practice, strengthen pathways and improve patient care. Delegates value the opportunity to hear from experienced speakers, share challenges and ideas with colleagues, and take away practical approaches they can apply within their own services. Hear how previous attendees have benefited:
Pricing structure
- £349+VAT early bird (£50 off) for one NHS or public sector place when booked before 7th January 2027
- £399+VAT full price for one NHS or public sector place when booked after 7th January 2027
- £349+VAT colleague rate (£50 off) for each NHS or public sector when booking 2-3 places
- Fourth place FREE: team offer when you book 3 places at full price
Discount policy: Only one offer applies per booking
Please contact Nichola Cadwallader with your enquiries.
Commercial places are available, please contact Vanessa Jarman for further information
Booking across different events?
If you and/or your colleagues are planning to attend different events, you can still take advantage of the colleague rate or fourth place FREE team offer, by combining eligible bookings across events with the same pricing structure.
If you are booking multiple attendees for one or more events and would like help arranging your booking, please email Nichola Cadwallader or call Nichola on 01732 897788 for further details.
In-house training
Available as a bespoke course to teams of 25 people or more. 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.
You can reserve a no-obligation place whilst you apply for funding.
If your funding has not yet been secured or you would like to hold your place with no obligation whilst waiting for your study leave to be approved, you can reserve your place with us. Please email the reservations team at SBK Healthcare with your details:
- Booking contact: name, job title, department, email and telephone number
- Event(s) to reserve for: title and date
- Delegate details (for each delegate): name, job title, department, email and telephone number
- Organisation details: name and address
Alternatively you can make a confirmed booking by emailing the above information to the bookings team.
Once you have booked your place, SBK Healthcare will correspond with you using the email address you provided at the time of booking. Within one week of the online training taking place, you will be sent final details of the course including a full agenda, programme timings and your Zoom joining instructions. This email will include a joining link that can be used to access the course.
If you have not received your email two days before your event, do check your junk folder then contact SBK Healthcare on 01732 897788.
Practice sessions are available. If you would like to attend a zoom practice session before the event takes place, please let us know by emailing bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk. You will have the opportunity to meet an SBK Healthcare staff member who will ensure you are able to access zoom, that your camera and microphone work and you are fully set-up for the day. This is optional but if you do wish to attend, please use the same device that you plan to use on the day.
On the day, when registration starts, you will be able to join the course by initially entering a waiting room when there may be a short wait. The forum will include screen breaks, as well as topic themed interactive sessions which will take place in the breakout rooms.
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Certification of attendance
A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every fully registered participant who completes the course, as a record of your continuing professional training and development.
Registration fees
You will be sent an instant payment option or invoice on registration. Your payment is required in advance. If your fee has not been received prior to the event, and you are not able to provide a PO or proof of payment, you will be asked to make a credit or debit card payment on the day.
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Cancellations and substitutions
A full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received within the first 48 hours of the booking being made. Notice of cancellation must be received in writing by emailing the bookings team at SBK Healthcare. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date, the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be provided. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time.
Event changes
It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavor to keep you abreast of such changes but any unavoidable change to the format will not constitute a reason to refund the fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavor to reschedule the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.
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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 ACCEND Greater Manchester 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 Greater Manchester ePortfolio.
To do this:
- Register and log in to the Greater Manchester 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 Greater Manchester 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 delivery 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.
Your event, managed by us
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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:
Vanessa Jarman
Contact: 01732 897788
Email: Vanessa.Jarman@sbk-healthcare.co.uk