ABC UK launched our new Education Programme in September 2022 with a full day event for specialist urology and cancer nurses - a great success with almost 100 nurses attending, and this has followed with other events.  The feedback from nurses attending our events has been amazing, and helps us design our programme.  Education for health professionals is now a core programme of activity for ABC UK. 

This annual ABC UK programme of events, resources and networking includes the major annual ABC UK Nurses' Education Event held each September and a supporting programme of other learning opportunities.  

Please watch our website, and our social media, for further news for 2024.

MAILING LIST:  If you are a health professional and would like to be added to our mailing list for education events, please email info@actionbladdercanceruk.org with your contact details, including hospital and your role.

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2024 EVENTS 

 

Date:      Friday 13 September 2024

Venue:   Central Birmingham 

ABC UK's highly popular Annual Nurse Education Day - a full day programme with excellent speakers covering many aspects of bladder cancer. 

See full Programme here: ABCUK NURSES EDUCATION DAY APRIL 2024.pdf

Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/879444049827

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT BOOKS UP QUICKLY 

You can also join our mailing list to receive receive further information.

 

Date: Monday 15th July at 6.30pm

Muscle invasive bladder cancer - challenges around the pathway of care

A Nurses' Bladder Cancer Education Webinar

Presented by Helen Johnson who is a urology oncology clinical nurse specialist at the Christie Hospital in Manchester. She has been a CNS for over 20 years and is currently carrying out research into muscle invasive bladder cancer pathways and has a particular interest in treatment decision making.

ThIis webinar will examine the challenges around the pathway of care for patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer. It will consider what the guidelines tell us, and what is really going on in real world settings, including the challenges relating to treatment decision making in this group. The role of the nurse specialist along the pathway trajectory will be discussed, as well as consideration of opportunities in improving patient care.

There will be time for you to put questions to Helen at the end of the webinar.

This event is for Urology Nurses and Clinical Nurse Specialists who may already be treating those with bladder cancer and is also open to nurses wishing to expand their knowledge of bladder cancer and who may be working in other areas of urology or cancer care.

Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/muscle-invasive-bladder-cancer-challenges-around-the-pathway-of-care-tickets-914531457207 and you will be sent full event details, including the link to join the webinar on the day.

If you have any questions please email - events@actionbladdercanceruk.org

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ABC UK PATIENT EVENTS

If you are a urology or cancer nurse you may wish to recommend our Patient Events to your bladder cancer patients. 

See details on our Patient Events page:

 Action Bladder Cancer UK

Please note that these events are intended for patients only. 

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2023 EVENTS 

ABC UK NURSE EDUCATION WEBINARS

Date: Monday 11 December 2023

Time: 6:30pm 

Understanding the Impact of Bladder Cancer on Sexuality

The webinar will be presented by Dr Angela Wright who is a GP, Menopause Specialist and Clinical Sexologist.  She has also specialised in Palliative Medicine and worked in hospice medicine for over a decade. She is particularly interested in improving sexual function and menopausal symptoms in women who have undergone cancer treatment.

We know problems with intimacy are the third commonest issue after cancer, but they are often the issues we talk about the least. This webinar will teach you how to use a biopsychosocial approach (a model of care that recognises social, psychological and environmental influences on health, as well as biological factors) to understand how bladder cancer can affect our patients' bodies, minds and relationships- and what we can do to support them. 

There will be time for you to put questions to Dr Angela Wright at the end of the webinar.

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ABC UK ANNUAL NURSE EDUCATION DAY

DATE:      Friday 08 September 2023

WHERE:   Central Birmingham 

ABC UK's popular full day bladder cancer education event for urology and cancer nurses took place again in September in Central Birmingham.  A great success and booked up very quickly.  You can see the programme here for information.  This event was endorsed by BAUN.

Programme: ABC UK_NURSES EDUCATION DAY PROGRAMME SEPTEMBER 2023.pdf

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DATE: Friday 30 June 2023

WHERE: Leeds 

This ABC UK Education Event aims to give nurses up-to-date information on cystectomy, how to prepare patients for bladder removal and urostomy, recovery, post-surgery management/managing an ileal conduit, psychosexual issues after surgery and also the patient viewpoint. Urology nurses and cancer nurses will also have the opportunity to network and share best practice.  This ABC UK Education event was endorsed by BAUN  

See full Programme here: ABCUK_NURSES EDUCATION EVENT 2pp JUNE 2023 web.pdf