April 2016 Patient Conference

Our 6th Living with Cancer and Beyond Patient Conference will be taking place on Wednesday 20th April 2016

Schedule for the day:

09:00 Coffee & Registration

09:30 Start & welcome

09:40 Transforming Cancer Care in the Community
Gini Melesi – Clinical Nurse Specialist & Project Lead

10:20 Lifestyle after Cancer – A Review of the Current Evidence
Professor Thomas – Consultant Oncologist; Bedford & Cambridge University Hospital

11:00 Coffee

11:30 12 Months in the Life of a Consultant Therapy Radiographer
Helen Gregory – Consultant Radiographer, Peterborough & Stamford NHS Trust

12:15 Hunts Community Cancer Network – The Charity
Susan Moore – HCCN Secretary & Trustee

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Intimate Possibilities: The journey to Solving the Sexual Consequences of Cancer and its Treatment.
Hilary Belcher- Research & Development Director

14:15 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy –What is it and how can it help?
Rona Hardy – Specialist Psychotherapy Therapist; IAPT; Cambridge & Peterborough NHS Foundation

15:00 The Benefits of Yoga in Cancer
Cherie Luckman – Dip Yoga, Cancer cert

15:30 Close

During this conference we will also provide advice on the importance of nutrition and exercise including demonstrations

PLEASE leave a completed Evaluation form on your way out. These are important for us to continue to develop and improve our programme.

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