Improving Cancer Care for Children and Teenagers in Scotland

16 December, 2009 09:30 AM - 04:00 PM

e-Science Institute, 15 South College Street, Edinburgh

Any slides or other material generated as a result of this event can be found at: www.nesc.ac.uk/action/esi/contribution.cfm?Title=1012

Overall aim: to promote a strategic vision for the development of services for children and teenagers with cancer in Scotland.

• Inform participants of CATSCAN outcomes since Jan 2008 such as the development of the minimum dataset and AHP referral tools.
• Propose future strategies for accessible patient data on long-term follow-up, ePrescribing, services for teenagers, the development of palliative care resources and national Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT) working.
• Invite discussion on future development

Outcome for the event: Informed decisions on future CATSCAN direction and priorities for service development.

Webcast

This meeting was webcast live.

For the majority of the meetings that we broadcast, we keep a copy (for a limited period) and make it available from the event material page. This copy of the webcast is normally available the day after the meeting.

Target Audience

This meeting is intended to attrack Cancer Clinicians from adult and paediatric NHS services from throughout Scotland. Paediatric outreach nurses, ward nurses, allied health professionals, parents and patients. Voluntary organisation representatives. Primary care, community health professionals.

Programme

This event is provisionally scheduled to start at 09:30 Wednesday 16 December 2009 and close at 16:00 on Wednesday 16 December 2009.

A programme is available at: http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/1012/programme.pdf

Accommodation

Assistance with accommodation is offered once you have registered.

Registration for this event is now closed. To enquire about an application or to cancel a previous application please contact NeSC Administration.

Important Dates

13 Aug - Registration Opens
09 Dec - Registration Deadline
09 Dec - Date we will respond to your application by (Please note this is the latest date we will respond to your application. It is normal policy for us to respond within 5 working days where possible.)
16 Dec - Event Starts at 09:30hrs

Travel

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