The Greater Manchester Cancer Conference 2024
Agenda
DAY 1: Tuesday 14th May 2024
Theme: Empowerment in Practice: Communities, Professionals and Researchers
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08:30 – 09:15 | Delegate registration |
09:15 – 09:25 | Welcome and Housekeeping Steve Bland and Greater Manchester Voices Community Representative |
09:25 – 09:35 | Classic aerobic style workout with Karly and Alex
Prehab4Cancer team plus special guest |
09:35 – 10:30 | Keynote One: Empowering our system through collaboration
Chair: Miss Susi Penney and Greater Manchester Cancer Voices Representative The National Picture Dame Cally Palmer Role of the Cancer Alliance Freya Driver Delivering operational performance through transformation and collaboration Lisa Galligan-Dawson Backdrop for Workforce and Education Suzanne Lilley How we link with the ICB Rob Bellingham Successes in Cancer Team Science Professor Rob Bristow |
10:30 – 11:00 | Refreshments |
11:00 – 12:10 | Keynote Two: Empowering our communities through innovation
Chair: Ali Jones This Van Can Mr Sotonye Tolofari Panel discussion and audience Q&A |
12:10 – 13:10 | Lunch and optional Prehab session “Stretchy Seats”
An optional stretch session (10 minutes) with the Prehab4Cancer team will also take place in the main auditorium during the lunch session – “Stretchy Seats” with Eilish and SJ – a stretch/chair based yoga session |
13:10 – 14:00 | Breakout sessions
Delegates have been assigned to a breakout based on selection upon registration Option 1: Patient and Carer Education: Empowering the workforce through a different perspective Chair: David Ross Option 2: Cancer Research Development Chair: Professor David Thomson Option 3: GPs with Extended Role in Cancer Chair: Claire Goldrick Option 4: Achieving an Earlier Diagnosis in Symptomatic Lung Cancer, Astrazeneca. This is a sponsored session and is only open to healthcare professionals Chair: Professor Matt Evison, Consultant Resp Physician MFT Dr Rehan Naseer, Consultant Respiratory Physician – NCA (Bury) – The Greater Manchester Self-Referral Chest Xray Service Dr Bobby Bhartia, Consultant in Thoracic & Oncological Radiology – University Hospital Leeds – Leeds Self-Referral Chest Xray Service Dr Emma O’Dowd, Consultant Respiratory Physician – University Hospital Nottingham FT – The Nottingham Lung Cancer Concern Hotline Service Q&A – the above personnel will be joined by Vicky Heaton Head of Franchise – Lung Oncology AstraZeneca |
14.00 – 14.20 | Refreshments |
14.20 – 15.30 | Keynote Three: Empowering our people through education
Chair: Dr Manisha Kumar The power of public education Anna Perkins Primary care education Dr Sarah Taylor The Greater Manchester Cancer Academy Molly Pipping How Greater Manchester can be a global player in improving cancer outcomes Professor Richard Cowan and Rachel Chown Panel discussion including Patient Representative Sharon Williams and audience Q&A |
15.30 – 16.15 | Keynote Four: Doing it for Laura
Chair: Hanna Simpson Nicola Nuttall Maria Peiris-Pagès This session will feature Nicola Nuttall, mother of Laura Nuttall who was diagnosed with Stage 4 Glioblastoma in 2018. Hear the story of Laura’s infamous ‘bucket list’, including her meeting with Michelle Obama and presenting the BBC weather before her death in 2023. |
16:15 – 16:20 | Thank you and close of day one |
DAY 2: Wednesday 15th May 2024
Theme: Empowerment in Practice: Communities, Professionals and Researchers
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08:30 – 09:15 | Delegate registration |
09:15 – 09:35 | Welcome and Housekeeping
Steve Bland and Greater Manchester Voices Community Representative “Tai Chi-ll” with Rob – adapted chair Tai-Chi session led by the Prehab4Cancer team |
09:35 – 10:40 | Keynote One: Empowering our system through digital transformation
Chair: Professor Matt Evison Workforce Digitisation Alistair Reid-Pearson and Amy Vercell ePROMS and Rapid Radiotherapy Professor Corinne Faivre-Finn & Gareth Price AI in Clinical Practice: The Greater Manchester PACS Integrated AI Chest X-Ray Pilot Dr Rhidian Bramley Panel discussion and audience Q&A |
10:40 – 11:10 | Refreshments |
11:10 – 11:30 | Awards roundup and poster prize presentation
Associate Medical Director Miss Susannah Penney showcases the winners from Tuesday night’s Greater Manchester Cancer Awards ceremony. Winners of the poster prize competition will also be announced. |
11:30 – 12:40 | Keynote Two: Empowering people to live well
Chair: Miss Clare Garnsey National Picture Professor Peter Johnson Breast Screening after Radiotherapy Dataset (BARD) – optimising the outcomes of women at high risk of breast cancer following treatment for a first cancer Professor John Radford Let’s talk about hormones: Supporting patients on endocrine therapy Dr Anne Armstrong Live Well with Cancer Programme Michelle Leach Panel discussion and audience Q&A |
12:40 – 13:40 | Lunch and optional Prehab session
“Functional Fix” with Danny and Ash – a combination of strength and balance exercises (10 minutes) |
13:40 – 14:40 | Breakout sessions
Delegates have been assigned to a breakout based on selection upon registration Option 1: The CASCADE Project: An interactive workshop showcasing the pilot findings and exploring next steps for a novel acute oncology education package Chair: Dr Verna Lavender Option 2: How to improve the outcomes for older patients with frailty and cancer in Greater Manchester Chair: Konstantinos Kamposioras Option 3: Innovation in Early Diagnosis – Supporting Greater Manchester Healthcare, Research, and VCSE Organisations to Improve Early Diagnosis Outcomes Chair: Ali Jones Option 4: Novartis and GM Cancer – a blueprint for future collaborations Chair: Pat Manoharan This is a sponsored session and is only open to healthcare professionals |
14:40 – 15:00 | Refreshments |
15:00 – 15:15 | Manchester Wellbeing Cancer Choir
Enjoy a performance from the Manchester Wellbeing Cancer Choir, a choir of singers from the cancer community. |
15:15 – 16:15 | Keynote Four: Empowerment panel
This final keynote will hear from a combination of people affected by cancer and healthcare staff that have used their own experience and knowledge of the cancer system to set up their own organisations in order to support other patients. Chair: Claire O’Rourke Dr Lucy Gossage, Jo Taylor, Marcella Turner and Stewart O’Callaghan |
16:15 – 16:20 | Final comments, thank you and close
Professor Dave Shackley and Claire O’Rourke |