BRITAIN AGAINST CANCER 2010 ‘A new cancer strategy, a new NHS – making it work’
Conference Programme
08.30 Registration (Deans Yard Foyer, ground floor) Refreshments (Harvey Goodwin Suite, ground floor, and Hoare Memorial Hall, first floor)
All plenary sessions will be held in the Assembly Hall, first floor
09.30 Chair’s Introduction John Baron MP, Chair, APPG on Cancer
09.35 Address from the Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Q & A session Rt Hon John Healy MP
10.00 One year on – tacking cancer inequalities and the Government’s health reforms John Baron MP, Conservative MP for Basildon and Billericay Chair, APPG on Cancer
10.30 Refreshment break (Harvey Goodwin Suite, ground floor, and Hoare Memorial Hall, first floor)
11.00 Breakout sessions (choice of six sessions):
Session 1. Inequalities in Cancer Care, Services and Outcomes (Convocation Hall, first floor) John Baron MP, Chair, APPG on Cancer (session chair) Joanne Rule, Co-chair, National Cancer Equality Initiative Chris Carrigan, Head of the National Coordinating Team, National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN) Paul Mackenzie, Health Inequalities Manager, Merseyside & Cheshire Cancer Network
Session 2. NHS White Paper and Cancer Services (Assembly Hall, first floor) Grahame Morris MP, Vice-chair, APPG on Cancer (session chair) Maggie Alexander, Director of Policy, Education & Influencing, Breakthrough Breast Cancer Mary Barnes, Director, Avon Somerset & Wiltshire Cancer Network Dr Fiona MacNeill, Consultant Breast Surgeon, The Royal Marsden; Chair, Education and Training Committee of the Association of Breast Surgery (ABS)
Session 3. The Future of End of Life Care (Westminster Room, ground floor) Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, Vice-chair, APPG on Cancer (session chair) Marcus Beale, Son of Marie Curie Cancer Care patient Catherine Le Roy, Marie Curie Cancer Care nurse Steve Dewar, Director of Research and Innovation, Marie Curie Cancer Care
Session 4. The Future of Cancer Research and Medicines (Abbey Room, ground floor) Owen Smith MP, Vice-chair, APPG on Cancer (session chair) Dr Allison Jeynes-Ellis, Medical and Innovation Director, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) James Peach, Director of Stratified Medicine, Cancer Research UK Andrew Wilson-Webb, Chief Executive, Rarer Cancers Foundation
Session 5. Prevention and Early Diagnosis (Bishop Partridge Hall, first floor) Baroness Masham of Ilton Vice-chair, APPG on Cancer (session chair) Nigel Revell, Director of Education, Teenage Cancer Trust Sarah Woolnough, Head of Policy, Cancer Research UK Sara Hiom, Director of Health Information, Cancer Research UK
Session 6. Supporting Cancer Survivors – a new aftercare system (Council Room ground floor) Lord Lewis of Newnham, Vice-chair, APPG on Cancer (session chair) Dr Adam Glaser, Clinical Director, National Cancer Survivorship Initiative Stephen Hindle, Programme Lead, Macmillan Cancer Support Gilmour Frew, Director, NHS Improvement
12.10 Lunch (Harvey Goodwin Suite, ground floor, and Hoare Memorial Hall, first floor)
12.30 Fringe Event (Bishop Partridge Hall, first floor) Progress in Delivering the Cancer Reform Strategy Karen Taylor, Director, Health Value for Money Audit, National Audit Office
13.20 The National Cancer Director’s Address and Q & A session Professor Sir Mike Richards, CBE MD FRCP DSc(Hon), National Clinical Director for Cancer and End of Life Care
13.50 Breakout Sessions: (choice of six, repeated from morning):
Session 1. Inequalities in Cancer Care, Services and Outcomes (Convocation Hall, first floor) Session 2. NHS White Paper and Cancer Services (Assembly Room, first floor) Session 3. The Future of End of Life Care (Westminster Room, ground floor) Session 4. The Future of Cancer Research and Medicines (Abbey Room, ground floor) Session 5. Prevention and Early Diagnosis (Bishop Partridge Hall, first floor) Session 6. Supporting Cancer Survivors – a new aftercare system (Council Room, ground floor)
15.00 Refreshment Break (Harvey Goodwin Suite, ground floor, and Hoare Memorial Hall, first floor)
15.15 Address from the Secretary of State for Health and Q & A Session Rt Hon Andrew Lansley CBE MP
16.00 Summing up and thank you John Baron MP, Conservative MP for Basildon and Billericay; Chair, APPG on Cancer
16.10 Close of Conference