Other Offerings

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Welcome to the ‘Other Offers’ page of the Cancer Academy website. This section features educational resources and opportunities that extend beyond our site-specific academies. Discover specialised courses, workshops, and programmes covering broader topics in cancer care, professional development, and support services to expand your knowledge and expertise in oncology.

Made by Mortals: My Friend Has Cancer

Resource

My Friend has Cancer’ is a new learning resource that explores the healing powers of friendship and personalised care, guided by lived experience voices. This original audio story and learning resource can be used as a training tool to spark thoughts and discussion around the topic, aiding you and/or your team’s personal and organisational development.

Level of Practice: No Level of Practice set

Level of Practice: Supportive, Assistive, Pre-registration, Registration, Enhanced, Advanced, Consultant, Medical Workforce

Hour(s)

Free

Bladder Cancer Pathway Improvements Webinar

Webinar

A discussion regarding the case for change of the TURBT pathway and recommendations for processes to improve both quality and performance.

Level of Practice: No Level of Practice set

Level of Practice: Supportive, Assistive, Pre-registration, Registration, Enhanced, Advanced, Consultant, Medical Workforce

Hour(s)

FREE

Improving early diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer Webinar

On Demand Webinar

An on-demand webinar recording that includes an overview of ovarian cancer including signs and symptoms, investigations, case based discussion. With a focus on early diagnosis and share information “This Van Can” project.

Level of Practice: No Level of Practice set

Level of Practice: Supportive, Assistive, Pre-registration, Registration, Enhanced, Advanced, Consultant, Medical Workforce

Hour(s)

Free

Improving early diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer Webinar

Webinar

This webinar will include an overview of ovarian cancer in the UK, signs and symptoms, investigations, case based discussion. We will focus on how to improve early diagnosis and share information regarding the mobile community outreach project “This Van Can”.

Level of Practice: No Level of Practice set

Level of Practice: Pre-registration, Registration, Consultant

Hour(s)

Free

Breast Cancer Education Event

Event

5-June. An interactive, system wide event focused on providing education to secondary care clinicians of multi-professional backgrounds working in Breast Cancer Services across Greater Manchester, Mid & East Cheshire.

Level of Practice: No Level of Practice set

Level of Practice: Supportive, Assistive, Pre-registration, Registration, Enhanced, Advanced, Consultant

Hour(s)

Free

MDT Reform Education Event

Event

An interactive event focused on educating MDT teams on the work completed to date within the MDT Reform Project to try to encourage further uptake and compliance.

Level of Practice: No Level of Practice set

Level of Practice: Supportive, Assistive, Pre-registration, Registration, Enhanced, Advanced, Consultant

Hour(s)

Free

Gynaecological Cancers Education Event

On Demand Event

An on-demand case based educational event focusing on the recognition and detection of gynaecological cancers.

Level of Practice: No Level of Practice set

Level of Practice: Advanced, Consultant, Medical Workforce

Hour(s)

Free

Dermatology Education Event: Skin Lesion Recognition

Event

10-March 2025. A half day educational event focused on supporting decision making in skin lesion diagnosis with a focus on cancerous lesions.

Level of Practice: No Level of Practice set

Level of Practice: Advanced, Consultant, Medical Workforce

Hour(s)

Free

Acute Oncology Education Event

Event

This event will provide essential updates on the latest developments in Acute Oncology, including the launch of Phase 1 of the Acute Oncology Transformation.

Level of Practice: No Level of Practice set

Level of Practice: Pre-registration, Registration, Enhanced, Advanced, Consultant, Medical Workforce

Hour(s)

FREE

MDT Reform Education Event

Event

An interactive event focused on educating MDT teams on the work completed to date within the MDT Reform Project to try to encourage further uptake and compliance.

Level of Practice: Supportive, Assistive, Pre-registration, Registration, Enhanced, Advanced, Consultant

Hour(s)

Free

PPIE for Healthcare Professionals

eLearning

This course aims to equip healthcare professionals with the relevant knowledge and confidence to effectively engage with Patient and Carer Representatives, and the wider voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector.

Level of Practice: No Level of Practice set

Hour(s)

Free

AHPs in Cancer

On Demand Webinar

A webinar focussed around enhancing your 4 pillars of practice: clinical, education, research and leadership

Level of Practice: Supportive, Assistive, Pre-registration, Registration, Enhanced

Hour(s)

Free

MDT Meeting Reform Toolkit

Resource

Co-produced with cancer patients to share best practice and advice on how best to achieve successful embedding of the Greater Manchester MDT Meeting Standards

Level of Practice: Enhanced, Advanced, Consultant, Medical Workforce

Minute(s)

Free

Role of MDT Coordinators

eLearning

Understanding your role as an MDT Coordinator to feel more empowered and contribute in MDT Meetings

Level of Practice: Supportive, Assistive

Minute(s)

Free

Role of the Cancer MDT for Older Adults

On Demand Webinar

The role of the MDT including providing Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments for older adults with cancer.

Level of Practice: Assistive, Pre-registration, Registration, Enhanced, Advanced, Consultant, Medical Workforce

Hour(s)

Free

Managing Cancer in Older Patients

On Demand Webinar

Considerations when looking after older patients with cancer, including interventions to optimise and support

Level of Practice: Supportive, Assistive, Pre-registration, Registration, Enhanced, Advanced, Consultant, Medical Workforce

Hour(s)

Free

Primary Care & Early Diagnosis

This education was commissioned by and co-designed with the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance Early Diagnosis Team and produced by GatewayC. GatewayC is a free early cancer diagnosis resource.

For more Primary Care and & Early Diagnosis resources click here.

Education on Cross Cutting Programmes

Personalised Care

Personalised care transcends all pathways and is fundamental to delivering better quality care that is meaningful to the individual, supporting improvements in health and wellbeing.

Health Inequalities

All education we develop and deliver is inclusive. The Academy offers a variety of learning that supports Health Inequalities, and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

Operational Performance

Operational Performance aims to excel in Faster Diagnosis Standard (FDS), Operational Metrics, and Treatment Variation. Find resources like training videos for using Single Queue Diagnostics via Infoflex.