Link: Health Coaching Training

Date and Time: Various dates and locations – 09:00-17:00 BST – follow the link above for full details

Description: A fantastic opportunity has arisen for any staff working within secondary cancer care in Wessex who have regular contact with patients, to access accredited Health Coaching Skills training which will equip you with conversational skills in your daily practice to support person-centred care and self-management for patients.

Health coaching can:

• unlock a person’s potential to enhance their own wellbeing
• help people take ownership of their health
• help a person to learn rather than teaching them
• develop skills and build confidence

The programme is delivered as two separate day-long workshops, spaced one to two weeks apart to allow for practicing newly acquired skills.

For more information and to book onto a course, follow the link to our Health Coaching Training page

Date and Time: Monday 16th and Monday 30th June 2025 – 10:00 – 12:00

Venue: Lecture Theatre, Education Centre, Dorset County Hospital, Williams Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 2JY

Cost: Free

Description: Gain practical skills to help manage your stress levels and maintain a good work life balance.

Dr Kate Jenkins delivers her Psychological Five-a-Day Training for our cancer workforce. This course focusses on personal resilience and is aimed
at the supportive workforce (Cancer Support Workers, Cancer Care Coordinators, Cancer Pathway Navigators and MDT Coordinators), although other cancer professionals are welcome to register.

The training runs for two hours over two sessions and participants must be able to attend both sessions. 95% of previous participants have agreed or strongly agreed that the course would have a positive impact on their wellbeing and have made reference to recognising stress and implementing coping mechanisms as a result of attending.

Audience: This course is aimed at ALL STAFF working in cancer care.

Link to Register: The Psychological 5 a day Tickets

Date and Time: Wednesday 9th July 2025 – 09:30-17:30

Venue: Crowne Plaza London Kings Cross, 1 King’s Cross Rd, London, WC1X 9HX

Organised by: Eli Lilly

Cost: Free

Description: The course objectives are:

• To understand the commissioning cycle and business planning process at both secondary and primary care level
• To have the opportunity to complete, in draft form, your own business case
• To present your case for critique and further development

Audience: Aimed at NHS teams who are entering into business planning and negotiation with local/national Commissioners or Trusts.

Link to Register: Service Development and Business Case Course London

Date and Time: Wednesday 9th July 2025 – 09:30-16:00

Venue: Online

Organised by: Wessex Academy for Skills in Personalised Care – WASP

Cost: Free

Description: Shared Decision Making is a core component of personalised care, appropriate for 100% of the population.  This one-day, online workshop, will provide participants with an in-depth introduction to SDM, the evidence and benefits, as well as skills and tools to begin to put high quality shared decision making into practice.

Link to Register: Meeting Registration – Zoom

Date and Time: Thursday 10th July 2025 – 09-00-17:00

Venue: TBC

Organised by: Wessex Cancer Alliance

Format: Face to face or Virtual study Day (up to 8 hours taught) and up to 50 hours personal study to complete the passport. Clinically supervised time for SACT administration and assessment in practice

Description: Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) treatments can be complex and put patients at risk of significant and potentially fatal toxicities. There are also risks to those who handle SACT from occupational exposure if control measures are inadequate (HSE 2017). It is essential that staff are trained and assessed as competent to safely administer SACT (HSE 2017). Supporting patients and their carers during SACT is as important as safe drug delivery.

Core knowledge components to be covered on the training:

• What is cancer?
• How SACT drugs work
• Routes of administration
• Patient assessment
• Toxicities of SACT
• Safe handling & administration
• Legal & professional issues
• Prophylactic/supportive/rescue interventions
• The psychosocial impact of SACT treatment
• Patient education and self-care advice
• Advancing SACT Practice – next steps?

Link: Registration Form

Date and Time: Monday 14th July 2025 – 09:30-16:00

Venue: Online

Organised by: Wessex Academy for Skills in Personalised Care – WASP

Cost: Free

Description: Personalised Care and Support Planning (PCSP) is a core component of personalised care. This one-day, online workshop, will provide participants with the knowledge and skills to put high quality PCSP into practice. Attendees will receive an in-depth introduction to PCSP, in the context of the NHS Universal Model of Personalised Care, as well as practical advice and skills to implement PCSP into practice.

Link to Register: Meeting Registration – Zoom

Date and Time: Monday 8th and Monday 15th September 2025 – 13:00 – 15:00

Venue: Seminar Room 3, Education Centre, Poole Hospital, Longfleet Road, Poole, BH15 2JB

Cost: Free

Description: Gain practical skills to help manage your stress levels and maintain a good work life balance.

Dr Kate Jenkins delivers her Psychological Five-a-Day Training for our cancer workforce. This course focusses on personal resilience and is aimed
at the supportive workforce (Cancer Support Workers, Cancer Care Coordinators, Cancer Pathway Navigators and MDT Coordinators), although other cancer professionals are welcome to register.

The training runs for two hours over two sessions and participants must be able to attend both sessions. 95% of previous participants have agreed or strongly agreed that the course would have a positive impact on their wellbeing and have made reference to recognising stress and implementing coping mechanisms as a result of attending.

Audience: This course is aimed at ALL STAFF working in cancer care.

Link to Register: The Psychological 5 a day Tickets

Date and Time: Thursday 18th September 2025 – 09-00-17:00

Venue: TBC

Organised by: Wessex Cancer Alliance

Format: Face to face or Virtual study Day (up to 8 hours taught) and up to 50 hours personal study to complete the passport. Clinically supervised time for SACT administration and assessment in practice

Description: Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) treatments can be complex and put patients at risk of significant and potentially fatal toxicities. There are also risks to those who handle SACT from occupational exposure if control measures are inadequate (HSE 2017). It is essential that staff are trained and assessed as competent to safely administer SACT (HSE 2017). Supporting patients and their carers during SACT is as important as safe drug delivery.

Core knowledge components to be covered on the training:

• What is cancer?
• How SACT drugs work
• Routes of administration
• Patient assessment
• Toxicities of SACT
• Safe handling & administration
• Legal & professional issues
• Prophylactic/supportive/rescue interventions
• The psychosocial impact of SACT treatment
• Patient education and self-care advice
• Advancing SACT Practice – next steps?

Link: Registration Form

Date and Time: Monday 6th and Monday 20th October 2025 – 14:00 – 16:00

Venue: Room 11 and 12, Education Centre, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY

Cost: Free

Description: Gain practical skills to help manage your stress levels and maintain a good work life balance.

Dr Kate Jenkins delivers her Psychological Five-a-Day Training for our cancer workforce. This course focusses on personal resilience and is aimed
at the supportive workforce (Cancer Support Workers, Cancer Care Coordinators, Cancer Pathway Navigators and MDT Coordinators), although other cancer professionals are welcome to register.

The training runs for two hours over two sessions and participants must be able to attend both sessions. 95% of previous participants have agreed or strongly agreed that the course would have a positive impact on their wellbeing and have made reference to recognising stress and implementing coping mechanisms as a result of attending.

Audience: This course is aimed at ALL STAFF working in cancer care.

Link to Register: The Psychological 5 a day Tickets

Date and Time: Thursday 27th November 2025 – 09-00-17:00

Venue: TBC

Organised by: Wessex Cancer Alliance

Format: Face to face or Virtual study Day (up to 8 hours taught) and up to 50 hours personal study to complete the passport. Clinically supervised time for SACT administration and assessment in practice

Description: Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) treatments can be complex and put patients at risk of significant and potentially fatal toxicities. There are also risks to those who handle SACT from occupational exposure if control measures are inadequate (HSE 2017). It is essential that staff are trained and assessed as competent to safely administer SACT (HSE 2017). Supporting patients and their carers during SACT is as important as safe drug delivery.

Core knowledge components to be covered on the training:

• What is cancer?
• How SACT drugs work
• Routes of administration
• Patient assessment
• Toxicities of SACT
• Safe handling & administration
• Legal & professional issues
• Prophylactic/supportive/rescue interventions
• The psychosocial impact of SACT treatment
• Patient education and self-care advice
• Advancing SACT Practice – next steps?

Link: Registration Form

Date and Time: Monday 1st and Monday 15th December 2025 – 09:30 – 11:30

Venue: Seminar Room 1 and Seminar Room 2, Education Centre, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Castle Lane East, Bournemouth, BH7 7DW

Cost: Free

Description: Gain practical skills to help manage your stress levels and maintain a good work life balance.

Dr Kate Jenkins delivers her Psychological Five-a-Day Training for our cancer workforce. This course focusses on personal resilience and is aimed
at the supportive workforce (Cancer Support Workers, Cancer Care Coordinators, Cancer Pathway Navigators and MDT Coordinators), although other cancer professionals are welcome to register.

The training runs for two hours over two sessions and participants must be able to attend both sessions. 95% of previous participants have agreed or strongly agreed that the course would have a positive impact on their wellbeing and have made reference to recognising stress and implementing coping mechanisms as a result of attending.

Audience: This course is aimed at ALL STAFF working in cancer care.

Link to Register: The Psychological 5 a day Tickets