With rising demand from new treatments, explore strategies for service development and capacity management
This in-person forum brings together healthcare professionals in Immuno-Oncology and Acute Oncology to explore important developments in service delivery and capacity management. Secure your place now to learn from leading clinicians, connect with peers, and be inspired to optimise, develop and expand your immunotherapy team through focused, expert-led sessions.
Following the huge success of our previous collaborative forum with the IOCN in Coventry in October 2024. We are thrilled to be working with them again to deliver this next meeting.
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Roche Products Ltd has provided financial support for this meeting, but had no involvement in the agenda, other than the stated Roche organised presentation
5 hours Continuing Professional Development and networking: what you will learn
Benefit from a programme packed with presentations from enthusiastic speakers providing key advice that will improve your practice. Benefit from unique, dedicated discussion time to discover what other teams are doing and learn from each other.
Key IO updates: Impact of new immunotherapies on service delivery and capacity management
Crucial content: your core concerns tackled:
- Service and capacity: strategies to improve and expand IO services
- Delivery approach: effective immunotherapy delivery and support
- Team development: aligning workforce and building strong MDTs
- Training: standardising training to manage treatment complexities
- Expansion and funding: growing services and accessing necessary resources
Why should you attend?
This dedicated training day will arm you with the tools to deliver an effective and optimised service:
- Building networks: gain access to Immuno-Oncology professionals and thought leaders to build a community of peers for support, advice and guidance
- Professional learning: develop your understanding by examining and overcoming key issues that underpin evolving IO services
- Service development: take one day out at this dedicated forum to identify innovative approaches to develop your service and increase your capacity
With thanks to our sponsors
SBK would like to thank MSD and Roche for sponsoring this unique forum.
Roche Products Ltd has provided financial support for this meeting, but had no involvement in the agenda, other than the stated Roche organised presentation
Invitation to sponsor
SBK Healthcare National Forums are designed to enable Immuno-Oncology providers to support healthcare professionals. If you would like to sponsor this forum, please email Vanessa Pearce or call Vanessa on 01732 897788 to find out about all the engagement and branding opportunities available in the full sponsorship package.
With thanks to our partner
This forum has been created in collaboration with and through support from IOCN
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Registration and networking
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| 9:00 |
Chair’s opening remarks and introductions
Dr Anna Olsson-Brown, Consultant in Medical Oncology and Clinical Director for Clinical Cancer Care, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
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| National approach to IO capacity | |
| 9:10 |
Key developments: Managing increasing capacity and more complex immunotherapies
Dr Anna Olsson-Brown, Consultant in Medical Oncology and Clinical Director for Clinical Cancer Care, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
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| 9:35 |
Utilising subcutaneous delivery of immunotherapy to improve capacity in your service
Katie Hemer, Lead SACT Nurse, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
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| 10:00 |
Questions and answers with your speakers
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| 10:10 |
Sponsored presentation delievered by Roche
Roche Products Ltd has provided financial support for this meeting, but had no involvement in the agenda, other than the stated Roche organised presentation
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| 10:20 |
Sponsorship question and answer session
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| 10:30 |
Networking break
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| 10:50 |
Implementing a comprehensive delivery and support approach to immunotherapies
Ali Hodge, Nurse Consultant Immunotherapy, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
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| 11:15 |
Interactive discussion: Improving capacity in your IO service
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| Workforce development | |
| 11:35 |
Establishing your Immuno-Oncology team: meeting workforce and capacity challenges
Trudy Guinan, Immuno-Oncology Nurse Consultant, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
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| 12:00 |
Questions and answers with your speakers
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| 12:10 |
Interactive discussion: Developing and growing a strong IO team
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| 12:30 |
Networking lunch
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| 1:30 |
Standardising training to deal with increased complexity of immunotherapies
Clare Barlow, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
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| Service expansion | |
| 1:55 |
How to develop and expand your immuno-oncology service to meet capacity demands
Lucy Ford, Immunotherapy Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
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| 2:20 |
Questions and answers with your speakers
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| 2:30 |
Interactive discussion: Expanding your service to meet capacity challenges
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| 2:50 |
Networking break
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| 3:10 |
Case study: Setting up and establishing an Immuno-Oncology service
Louise Townley-Jones and Lesley Stewart, Immunotherapy Clinical Nurse Specialists and Joanna Beeney, Lead Chemotherapy Nurse, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
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| 3:35 |
Questions and answers with your speakers
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| 3:45 |
Interactive discussion: Building your action plan for service development
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| 4:05 |
Chair’s closing remarks and close of day
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Call for speakers
Do you have a case study you would like to present? Are you interested in sharing your perspectives with your peers? We would the love opportunity to discuss presenting opportunities with you. Please email the Conference Producer, Hope Frost (hope.frost@sbk-healthcare.co.uk) who would be pleased to talk to you about how you can get involved.
Confirmed speakers:
Anna Olsson Brown
Consultant in Medical Oncology and Clinical Director for Clinical Cancer Care
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Ali Hodge
Nurse Consultant Immunotherapy and Acute Oncology
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Trudy Guinan
Immuno-Oncology Nurse Consultant
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Clare Barlow
Consultant Medical Oncologist
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Lucy Ford
Immunotherapy Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Katie Hemer
Lead SACT Nurse
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Louise Townley-Jones
Immunotherapy Clinical Nurse Specialist
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Lesley Stewart
Immunotherapy Clinical Nurse Specialist
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Joanna Beeney
Lead Chemotherapy Nurse
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Pricing structure
- Early bird: £249+VAT for one NHS or public sector places before Friday 6th June 2025
- £299 + VAT for one NHS or public sector place after Friday 6th June 2025
- £199+VAT per place for IOCN members
Interested in more than one event?
You can benefit from NHS group discounts when booking across two or more courses. This can be for a single person, or for a group booking. Click here to get in touch via email.
Associations and networks
If you belong to an alliance, association or network please email Nichola Cadwallader to see how we can work together on a mutually beneficial basis.
Immuno-Oncology providers and other commercial companies wishing to attend, are invited to sponsor this day. Please email Vanessa Pearce for further details.
Venue details
Venue name: Hilton Leeds City
Address: Neville St, Leeds LS1 4BX
Tel: 0113 244 2000
Email: reservations.leedscity@hilton.com
In the heart of Leeds, the Hilton Leeds City is only a 2-minute walk from Leeds Train Station. Please exit Leeds Train Station via the front entrance, to the right on to New Station Street, on to Neville Street. The hotel will be on your right hand side after a short walk.
The Hilton Leeds City is situated just off the M621, has easy access to the motorway network and is a 25 min drive from Leeds Bradford Airport. Parking is available at the Hilton Leeds City on a first come first serve basis, charged at £18 per day. The car park entrance is located after the pedestrian entrance, with a sharp turn from Neville Street.
Alternative parking may be available at the NCP Leeds The Core and NCP Leeds Wellington Place, charged at around £17 per day and are both a short walk away.
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 and you will be sent a formal confirmation. If you have not received this within 48 hours of making your booking please check your junk folder and then email bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk or call 01732 897788.
Approximately one week prior to the conference you will be sent an email which will include all the final details for attendance on the day, including a final agenda and venue information.
Please inform us by writing to bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk if you have any special dietary or other requirements.
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.
Modify registration
To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email the bookings team.
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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Expected attendees
This in-person forum is tailored for NHS professionals working within Immunotherapy MDTs, including but not limited to:
- Lead Nurses, CNS, Matrons and Sisters in Cancer, Acute Oncology, Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, CUP, Rapid Diagnostics and Haematology
- Clinical Nurse Specialists and Consultants in Pain Management and Palliative Care
- Consultant Clinical Oncologists, Consultant Medical Oncologists and Speciality Doctors
- Pharmacists, Medical Managers and Service Managers
Past attendee feedback
If you choose to attend you will be in good company with over 1300 professionals taking part in our online oncology events in the past 4 years. Our focused forums have received excellent feedback – but don’t take our word for it!
With thanks to our conference supporter
The Immuno-Oncology Clinical Network was established in 2022 by Dr Anna Olsson-Brown and a team of trustees with a passion for improving the care of cancer patients receiving immunotherapy treatment. Dr Olsson-Brown recognised the need to build a multi-disciplinary and multi-specialty community to support healthcare professionals manage the complexities of Immuno-oncology treatments including the auto-immune side effects. The Immuno-Oncology Clinical Network applied for charitable status in Spring 2023.
With thanks to our sponsor
At MSD, known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA in the United States and Canada, we are unified around our purpose: We use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. For more than a century, we’ve been at the forefront of research, bringing forward medicines, vaccines and innovative health solutions for the world’s most challenging diseases.
At Roche UK, we focus our energy and investment in developing tests and treatments that change lives and give us more quality time with the people we love. And, together with others, we’re aiming to solve healthcare’s greatest challenges; helping to achieve better results by connecting early diagnosis to targeted treatment and ongoing support.
Date of Preparation: February 2025 / M-GB-00021496
Roche
Products Ltd has provided financial support for this meeting, but had no
involvement in the agenda, other than the stated Roche organised presentation
Why sponsor an Oncology National Networking Forum?
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.
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:
Vanessa Pearce
Contact: 01732 897788