NEWS
Cancer Care Cymru Nurses fly the flag for Wales in Nursing Standards Awards 2008
What a great night for Wales and what a wonderful achievement for Cancer Care Cymru. The prestigious Nursing Standards annual Nurse of the Year awards ceremony held at The Royal Opera House, London on March 27th 2008 named not one but two Cancer Care Cymru nurses amongst the 24 finalists!
The awards which aim to recognize outstanding nursing practice throughout the UK are divided into several categories. Gill Donovan our Director of Patient Services and lead Breast Specialist Oncology nurse was nominated for the Patient’s Choice award and Michele Pengelly Cancer Care Cymru Specialist Nurse- Supportive Care had been nominated (by Val Aston) for her excellent ‘Protected Meal Times’ initiative in the ‘Combating Malnutrition’ category.
Debbie Whiteley Cancer Care Cymru’s Commercial Director and Val Aston the charities Professional Development Manager were both delighted to attend the very enjoyable evening on behalf of Cancer Care Cymru. They were both thrilled when Gill was announced joint winner in the Patient Choice section and Michele runner up in the ‘Combating Malnutrition’ category.
One of Gills grateful patients Eleri Williams and Debbie Whiteley accepted Gills award from former health minister and trustee of the Patients Association Edwina Currie.
Michele also received her award and much praise from the former health minister for her hard work and commitment to improving patient care.
Velindre NHS Trusts Chief Executive Paul Millar was amongst the many invited guests from all over the country.
Article contributed by Val Aston
Link to Nusing Standard Awards 2008 Website with additional pictures from the night.
: http://www.nursing-standard.co.uk/nurseawards/index.asp
Dates Announced
Bringing together researchers, clinicians, nurses, policy makers and patients this conference aims to promote the excellent research being conducted in Wales and to highlight issues relating to policy-making, resources and services for people affected by cancer in the principality.
This event is jointly organised by the Wales Cancer Institute and the Wales Cancer Alliance.
The Wales Cancer Institute is a central partnership of collaborative research groups to increase the quantity and quality of cancer research in Wales, translating work done in the laboratories and clinical trials into new cancer drugs and new treatments
The Wales Cancer Alliance is made up of leading voluntary cancer organisations who wish to promote the best cancer prevention, treatment, research and care for people in Wales.
The programme includes:
Plenary Sessions:
Professor Paul Workman (Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Institute of
Cancer Research, UK)
‘Developments in novel therapies’
Professor Lesley Fallowfield (Director, Professor of Psycho-Oncology, Sussex
Psychosocial Oncology Group, University of Sussex, UK)
‘Communicating effectively with patients in Oncology’
Dr Dennis Slamon (Director, Clinical/Translational Research, Jonsson
Comprehensive Cancer Centre, UCLA, USA)
‘Target therapy for breast cancer’
Professor Jane Maher (Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
and Hillingdon Hospital and Chief Medical Officer, Improving Cancer Services,
Macmillan Cancer Support, UK)
‘Late effects and radiotherapy’
Dr Andy Futreal (Joint Leader, Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK)
‘The Cancer genome’
Sir Michael Rawlins (Chairman, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, UK)
‘NICE and its role in Cancer Care’
Parallel sessions:
Basic Science focus - Bench to Bedside
New therapies for cancer and their evaluation in clinical trials
Cancer policy in Wales - Debate
Translational science focus – Bedside to Bench
Clinical Trials Symposium
Survivorship – living with cancer
Young Investigator Session
Cancer Immunology –
“Do dogs give you cancer?” Risk, prevention and perceptions of Cancer
Palliative care session
Clinical focus – Cancer and primary care
“All effective treatment should be free” -debate
To register on-line or for further conference information please visit www.walescancerconference.org
(Early bird registration deadline: 31 March 2008)
Online-abstract submission at www.walescancerconference.org
(abstract submission deadline: 29 February 2008)