CancerCare 2026: The NHS Oncology Conference
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CancerCare 2026: The NHS Oncology Conference
A Strategic Conference on Advancing Oncology Pathways Across the NHS - All Convenzis Events Provide 8 CPD Points Per Delegate
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Sponsors & Partners
Cancer remains one of the NHS’s most complex and urgent challenges demanding faster diagnosis, more equitable access to treatment, and a workforce confident in delivering precision care. The National Cancer Plan places early detection, innovation, and personalisation at the heart of future oncology services.
The NHS Oncology Conference provides a strategic forum for leaders to address these challenges together, translating policy ambition into practical delivery. This event brings NHS teams, ICSs, and cancer alliances together to exchange tested models, frameworks, and collaborative solutions to strengthen early detection, scale genomics, and integrate personalised oncology care within community settings.
Summit Focus:
The NHS Oncology Conference is a premier event for sharing best practices and innovations, designed to help NHS professionals move from awareness to applied implementation. Delegates will gain hands-on frameworks, tested delivery models, and peer-derived insights on how to embed safe, equitable, and sustainable transformation within their services.
Dedicated Skill Clinics offer practical tools, checklists, and implementation templates to support cancer pathway redesign, genomic testing integration, and workforce capability development.
Lessons Learned Sessions provide candid reflections from NHS leaders on real-world challenges, highlighting where implementation plans required adjustment and what delivered measurable results.
This is not a showcase of what to achieve, but a skills exchange on how to achieve it, translating national ambition into measurable improvement.
This year’s event is structured around clear outcomes. Delegates will leave understanding:
- Enhance early detection through targeted screening, self-sampling approaches, while leveraging AI and robotics to accelerate cancer screening and improve treatment decision-making.
- Accelerate innovation by adopting technologies like cancer vaccines, liquid biopsies, and whole genome sequencing.
- Advance personalised care using genomics and AI to guide tailored treatments.
- Expand community-based oncology, integrating diagnostics, rehab, and follow-up care into local health centres.
- Strengthen resilience through digital transformation, workforce capability, and robust governance.
- Improve access and equity across cancer pathways, including prostate cancer and haematology services.
Why Attend:
- Earn 8 CPD Points by attending.
- Build professional confidence through applied, hands-on learning.
- Access ready-to-use frameworks for early detection, genomic integration, and pathway transformation.
- Hear directly from NHS leaders and peers driving oncology service improvement.
- Leave with practical artefacts, toolkits, and implementation plans ready for local rollout.
- Join a national community of NHS professionals committed to capability-building and sustainable cancer care delivery.
Who Would Benefit:
This conference is ideal for clinical, operational, and strategic leaders involved in oncology transformation, including Cancer Alliance leads, oncology service managers, diagnostic and genomic programme directors, Chief Nurses, CCIOs, CIOs, AHP leads, and ICB or ICS transformation teams. It will also benefit commissioners, community health directors, and primary care leaders seeking practical guidance on scalable, interoperable models of cancer care.
Suppliers, research partners, and technology collaborators will gain insight into NHS oncology priorities, workforce capability needs, and the practical enablers shaping the next decade of personalised cancer care.
Relevance for Sponsors & Partners
This conference provides a highly targeted platform for technology providers, suppliers, research organisations, and strategic partners supporting the transformation of NHS oncology services. Sponsors will be well positioned to demonstrate how their solutions enable:
- Early detection and screening technologies, including risk stratification tools, self-sampling solutions, diagnostic support platforms, and population health management systems.
- Genomics, precision medicine, and clinical decision support solutions that support whole genome sequencing, personalised treatment planning, and targeted therapies.
- Artificial intelligence and advanced analytics platforms that improve cancer detection, treatment optimisation, pathway performance monitoring, and predictive modelling.
- Data integration, interoperability, and shared care solutions that connect primary, community, diagnostic, genomic, and acute oncology services.
- Digital oncology platforms supporting referral management, multidisciplinary team (MDT) coordination, treatment tracking, and patient pathway management.
- Patient engagement, communication, and self-management tools that improve access, adherence, follow-up care, and patient experience.
- Workforce and education solutions that strengthen clinical capability, support workforce planning, and deliver scalable training for oncology teams.
- Automation and operational efficiency technologies that reduce administrative burden, streamline diagnostics, and improve service productivity.
- Community-based care infrastructure and virtual service models that support diagnostics, rehabilitation, monitoring, and follow-up closer to home.
- Research, innovation, and life sciences partnerships supporting cancer vaccines, liquid biopsy programmes, translational research, and adoption of emerging therapies.
Through speaking opportunities, exhibitions, Skill Clinics, and peer-learning sessions, partners will be able to align their solutions directly to NHS priorities around earlier diagnosis, personalised care, genomic medicine, digital transformation, workforce development, and equitable access to cancer services. The event provides direct engagement with senior NHS decision-makers, Cancer Alliances, Integrated Care Systems, clinical leaders, and transformation teams responsible for delivering the next generation of oncology services across the NHS.
Your Pass Includes....
- This conference is CPD accredited. Attendees will be eligible to gain 8 CPD points upon completion of the event.
- Access to a leading conference speaker programme
- Interactive Q&A sessions
- Leadership Lessons from the Front Line
- Cross-sector best practice
- Meet the supplier opportunities
- Hot breakfast & Lunch included
- Access to post event drinks reception and Street food
Tickets For NHS Senior Managers
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Conference Speakers
Clare
Turnbull
Professor of Cancer Genetics and NHS Consultant in Clinical Cancer Genetics
Institute of Cancer Research, London
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Dr Jessica
Curtis
Clinical Research Fellow for Cancer Trials
Southampton Clinical Trials Unit, University of Southampton
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Mr Chris Sleight MSc BSc
FIBMS
Chief Executive Officer of Sleight Insights
Formerly Chief Officer of the Greater Manchester Diagnostic Networks
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The programme
Registration & Networking
Registration - Open from 8:20 am - Closes at 11:00 am
All delegates must complete their registration process before the 11:00 AM cut-off time. Please arrive in a timely manner to allow for registration and to avoid any inconvenience. Delegates who arrive after the registration deadline will be refused entry to the event.
We appreciate your cooperation in helping us maintain the event's schedule and ensuring that everyone can fully participate in the conference. If you have any questions or require assistance, our event staff will be available to assist you with the registration process.
Thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to an insightful and productive event together!
Keynote Presentation - Delivering the National Cancer Plan: Transforming Cancer Outcomes Through Earlier Detection and Innovation
Keynote Presentation
This keynote presentation will explore the ambitions of the National Cancer Plan and how innovation can improve cancer prevention, early diagnosis and outcomes across the NHS. It will highlight the role of targeted screening and self-sampling approaches for breast, prostate and lung cancer, focusing on reaching high-risk populations, increasing participation and enabling earlier diagnosis to improve survival and reduce inequalities.
Skills Clinic - Scaling Genomics and AI for Personalised Oncology Care in the NHS
Skills Clinic
Advances in genomics and artificial intelligence are transforming oncology, enabling truly personalised treatment strategies for cancers including breast, prostate and lung cancer. This skills clinic will explore how genomic testing can be scaled effectively within the NHS, and how AI-driven tools can guide clinical decision-making to optimise patient outcomes.
Our expert panel will discuss practical approaches to integrating these technologies into routine oncology care, addressing challenges such as data infrastructure, workflow integration and ethical considerations. Attendees will gain insights into leveraging genomics and AI to deliver precision oncology at scale, bridging the gap between cutting-edge science and everyday clinical practice.
Main Sponsor - Johnson & Johnson
Main Sponsor - Johnson & Johnson
About Johnson & Johnson
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.
Morning Break
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Case Study - My Medical Record
Case Study - My Medical Record
What is My Medical Record?
Used by over 244,000 patients in the UK, My Medical Record is one of the most established digital personal health records available to NHS Trusts.
The system was first launched in 2015 at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and is now operational in some 26 Trusts and Health Boards across England and Wales.
As well as providing patients with basic health information, access to appointments and test results, the system has developed to enable clinicians to manage patients on long-term care plans in many areas, such as heart failure, IBD, all cancer conditions and many others.
Currently more than 100 clinical teams across the UK rely on My Medical Record to ensure patients’ conditions are managed in a timely and efficient manner.
My Medical Record can also be used by Perioperative teams to prepare patients for surgery.
Case Study - Menarini Stemline
Case Study - Menarini Stemline
Leadership Lessons from the Front Line - The NHS Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad (CVLP): Widening Access to Cancer Vaccine and Other Targeted Immunotherapy Clinical Trials
Session Overview:
The Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad (CVLP) is a collaborative project between NHS England, Genomics England, the Department of Health and Social Care, the Office for Life Sciences and the NIHR. It aims to provide a platform facilitating referral and widening patient access to cancer vaccine and other targeted immunotherapy clinical trials across England, thus directly contributing to both the National Cancer Plan (2026) for England and the NHS 10-year health plan (2025).
Case Study
Case Study
Networking and Lunch
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Case Study
Case Study
Keynote Presentation - Transforming Oncology Pathways: Community-Based Diagnostics, Rehabilitation, and Follow-Up Care (TBC)
Keynote Presentation
The rising prevalence of cancer including breast, prostate and lung cancer and increasing demands on acute care services have highlighted the need to rethink traditional oncology pathways. This presentation explores innovative models for delivering oncology care beyond hospital walls, integrating diagnostics, rehabilitation, and follow-up within community settings.
We will examine practical strategies for decentralising cancer services, leveraging multidisciplinary teams, and employing digital health tools to support early detection, ongoing monitoring and patient-centred rehabilitation. Attendees will gain actionable insights into designing sustainable, patient-focused oncology services that meet the evolving needs of their populations.
Case Study
Case Study
Presentation - Ensuring equal accessibility to cancer services
Session Overview:
Discussion around how we have modified access to our services in a rural population along with working with patients who are from poorer communities.
Afternoon Skill Clinic - Harnessing Liquid Biopsies, Cancer Vaccines, and Whole Genome Sequencing in Modern Oncology
Session Overview:
This skills clinic will explore the integration of innovative technologies liquid biopsies, cancer vaccines, and whole genome sequencing into routine oncology practice. Attendees will gain practical insights into applying these advances for real-time tumour monitoring, personalised therapy selection and precision diagnostics. Participants will develop the skills needed to interpret results, navigate clinical workflows, and enhance patient care with these transformative tools.
Tea, Coffee & Networking
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End of Day
Every attendee makes a difference. We’ll donate one tree for every delegate attending the conference to our partners over at Play it Green and £1 to our Charity of the Year, Stockport Without Abuse.
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