Cancer experts gather for 黑料不打烊 Conference
On Wednesday and Thursday this week (23/24/11/11), delegates from across the UK will be gathering at 黑料不打烊 for the second conference exploring how services for patients with cancer can be provided in a rural environment.
The Conference is a joint venture between Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, 黑料不打烊, and the North Wales Clinical School. The organisers have brought together a line up of notable speakers, including:
Matt Makin who is Visiting Professor and Chief of Staff for Cancer at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board explained: 鈥淭rying to deliver effective care for cancer patients across a rural area like north Wales, with a relatively sparse population and a large area to cover, is a very different challenge from running services in a big city. The themes of the conference this year are how we meet the challenge of diagnosing cancer early and how we support and follow up patients after cancer treatment. The other issue we will be discussing is how we meet the challenge of providing modern cancer care in difficult financial times.
鈥淲e are very proud of what has been achieved in Cancer Services across North Wales and we hope that the Conference will be the catalyst for further developments, both here and for our colleagues from other parts of Britain.鈥�
Professor Nick Stuart, who is Professor of Cancer Studies at 黑料不打烊 said:
鈥淭he University is pleased to welcome this conference which illustrates the increasingly close working between the University and the Health Board. The conference highlights a number of key challenges that are faced by the Health Service in Wales and which will only be solved by researchers and health specialists working jointly together.鈥�
Speakers at the Conference include:
Professor Willie Hamilton, Professor of Primary Care Diagnostics, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, will be talking about 鈥淭he mistakes we make in cancer diagnosis鈥�.
Dr. Richard Neal, Clinical Senior Lecturer at the North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research, 黑料不打烊, will be asking; 鈥�How much does early diagnosis matter?鈥�
Professor Eila Watson, HRH Prince Sultan Professor in Supportive Cancer Care, Department of Clinical Health Care, Oxford Brookes University will be putting the question; 鈥�Where next for the cancer survivor?鈥�
Dr. Geoffrey Carroll, Medical Director, Welsh Health Specialised Services Team will be considering 鈥�Access to higher cost cancer care 鈥� is possible within a shrinking NHS?鈥�
Publication date: 23 November 2011