Palliative Care in Wales

The Palliative Care Planning Group Wales, led by the Welsh Consumer Council have published their final report on Palliative Care in Wales. "Palliative Care Planning Group Wales: Report to the Minister for Health and Social Services" is available on the Welsh Assembly Government website as a PDF file

WALES CANCER CONFERENCE 2008

Wednesday 30^th April and Thursday 1^st May 2008

City Hall, Cardiff

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.

• 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)

National palliative care conference organised by Tŷ Olwen Specialist Palliative Care Service, Swansea

Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, Wednesday 14th May 2008

Key Note Speaker: Professor Sheila Payne

City Hall, Cardiff 5th February 2007

There is a strong theme relating to palliative care at this conference. For further details, please see http://www.wales-against-cancer.org/

The conference will feature internationally renowned speakers, a challenging debate and a series of workshops. It will also provide the platform for the launch of the National Assembly Health and Social Services Committees much anticipated report Cancer Services in Wales. The conference will be highly interactive and delegates will be encouraged to ask questions and challenge speakers throughout the day.

"Palliative Care in Wales"  Gregynog Conference Centre Newtown Powys

November 2nd & 3rd 2006  WATCH OUT FOR 'CALL FOR PAPERS' APRIL 2006