Breast Cancer Now healthcare professional webinars and external training and events
Upcoming Breast Cancer Now webinars
Facilitated by our clinical nurse specialists, our healthcare professional webinars are designed to support your practice and development.
Sessions are free to join and run for an hour. They include expert speakers covering a range of topics on breast cancer, treatments, side effect management and new developments.
Participation certificates for your NMC revalidation are available following each webinar.
Please note, our webinars are only open to healthcare professionals in UK practice. This is because the information we share, produce and collaborate on is all based on UK clinical practice and guidelines.
Nutrition and breast cancer: research through practice
15 October 2024, 7pm
In this webinar, World Cancer Research Fund will share their experiences of interpreting research on the impact of nutrition, diet, physical activity, and body weight in breast cancer survivors, highlighting the difficulties they’ve faced in doing so and sharing key takeaways from their reviews.
Please register on Zoom
Acute oncology
14 November 2024, 7pm
In this webinar, acute oncology advanced nurse practitioner Cally Bruce will cover the role of acute oncology services and how embracing acute oncology as 'everybody's business' cultivates a culture of vigilance and compassion, to ensure early recognition and intervention of oncological emergencies thus improving patient outcomes and enhancing quality of care for cancer patients.
Please register on Zoom
Watch previous webinars
You need to be a member of our healthcare professionals hub to watch the recordings of our previous webinars. Any HCP can sign up to be a member, just fill in our form online.
Recordings of past webinars and the resources will be uploaded to the healthcare professionals hub members area around a week after the live webinar is held. You can also download a certificate of attendance and a resource sheet for each webinar in our healthcare professionals hub too.
Please email hcpengagement@breastcancernow.org if you have any questions or queries.
External training and events
Let's talk about Black women and breast cancer 6th annual conference
12 October 2024, London
Registration is now open for the Let's talk about Black women and breast cancer annual conference. The event is free to attend and this year's theme is prevention.
We will have a stand at the event, so please do come and find out more about our services and how we can support healthcare professionals.
Northern Ireland Confederation for Health and Social Care
16 to 17 October 2024, Belfast
NICON will discuss how the health and social care sector in Northern Ireland seeks to stabilise, innovate, and transform for the future at this time of unprecedented pressure.
Come to our stand to find out more about our educational offerings and services.
Prospective Surveillance and Risk Reduction for Lymphoedema and Cording During and After Breast Cancer Treatment
22 October 2024, 7-8pm
The British Lymphology Society are hosting a free webinar on prevention and management of lymphoedema and cording. It's for anyone involved in the care of people with breast cancer and will be presented by Cheryl Brunelle, Associate Director of the Lymphedema Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. There will be a live Q&A session during this event.
Nursing Live
23 to 24 October 2024, Liverpool
Nursing Live will cover the latest updates on clinical practice and innovations in med tech and pharma, and help you focus on your well-being and career development. The event is free to attend.
We'll have a stand so come and find out more about our services and how we can support you and your patients.
New Developments in Breast Cancer Research - From Lab to Clinic
25 to 27 November 2024, Gateshead
The British Association for Cancer Research will bring together clinicians, scientists and world-leading speakers to discuss the most recent developments in breast cancer research, including newly emerging breast cancer treatments such as DNA damage inhibitors and treatments designed to overcome chemo-resistance. There will also be sessions on critical gaps in breast cancer treatment, including male breast cancer.
Find us at our stand to learn more about the charity and how we can support you.