Take a look at our latest news items and updates from across Wessex Cancer Alliance.
Innovations Award for Wessex Pathway Navigators
Pathway Navigators across Wessex have been recognised with an Innovation Award. The NHSE Aspirant Cancer Career and Education Development Programme (ACCEND), presented the award to Project Manager Jo Tibbles, on behalf of our…
Prostate Self Referral Service Wins National Award
A pioneering prostate health self-referral service developed at University Hospital Southampton, has won a prestigious national award. The UHS team were awarded the ‘Excellence in Healthcare Award’ at the NHS…
Fourth National Screening Programme for Cancer
Following the successful pilots across the country, the targeted lung health checks (TLHC), have officially become the fourth cancer screening programme to be offered by the NHS. Wessex Cancer Alliance…
Increasing Awareness of Bowel Cancer in Wessex
Wessex Cancer Alliance needs your help to understand and address barriers that stop people seeking help. Bowel cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK, with almost 43,000…
Understanding Bowel Cancer webinar for ICS workforce
The HIOW ICS Race Equality workstream would like to invite colleagues to attend a dedicated webinar on Bowel Cancer Awareness. As part of the workstream’s objectives, the aim of this…
Workforce Transformation Funding 2023-2024
Wessex Cancer Alliance is pleased to share details of our latest transformation funding and welcomes the opportunity to provide clinical teams with small funding grants along with an associated training…
Network Contract DES for PCN’s
Wessex Cancer Alliance is pleased to invite you to this one-hour lunch time webinar where we plan to cover the requirements of the Early Cancer Diagnosis element of the Network…
Prehabilitation and rehabilitation webinar resources
During the Covid-19 pandemic, we initiated and hosted regular virtual prehabilitation and rehabilitation webinars. Due to their ongoing success and popularity, these webinars have continued with an excellent Community of…
April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
Do you #KnowTheHigh5 symptoms of bowel cancer? Someone dies of bowel cancer every 30 minutes in the UK. It’s the second biggest cancer killer, but it shouldn’t be, because it’s…
Health MOT and Cancer Awareness Day
On Sunday 12 March, we partnered up with The Silk Route Charity, to host a Health MOT and Cancer Awareness day, for members of the public with a particular focus…
Launch of The Principles of Cancer Care 4-day Programme for Cancer Support Workers (now available via the ACCEND programme)
A new career pathway and education framework has been launched for health professionals providing care for people affected by cancer. The Aspirant Cancer and Education Development (ACCEND) career pathway, core…
Cancer Workforce Conference 2023
On Tuesday 21 February 2023, Wessex Cancer Alliance hosted a Cancer Workforce Conference. The aim of this event was to bring together representation, from across the cancer workforce in Wessex,…
Making Data Count – FREE to NHS Staff
Making Data Count (MDC) training is designed to support people working in the NHS to make the best use of their data to inform judgements and decisions for action. Courses…
An Introduction to LGBTIQ+ Inclusive Care for primary care
Wessex Cancer Alliance has teamed up with experts from Live Through This to deliver some brand new training for all clinical and non-clinical primary care colleagues in Hampshire and the…
New NHS Campaign Urges People To use Their Bowel Cancer Home Testing Kit
Millions of people in England who have been sent a lifesaving home testing kit that can detect early signs of bowel cancer are being encouraged to use it and return…
Advanced Communication Skills Training
New dates for 2023 Wessex Cancer Alliance has secured some dedicated training for colleagues in our geography. The Advanced Communications Skills Training provided by Oakhaven Hospice is a two day experiential…
‘Help Us, Help You’ Cancer – Earlier Diagnosis Campaign Launched
NHS England has launched a new phase of the ‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign taking a radically different approach to detecting cancer earlier for patients, when it is easier to…
ACCEND Framework Launched
Health Education England (HEE) launches career pathway, core capabilities and education framework for those providing care to people affected by cancer. HEE and Skills for Health have launched a Career…