Career and education support

We provide resources to support professionals in their careers, to support the delivery of the best possible children and young people’s cancer services.

Advanced clinical practitioner capabilities

The British National Paediatric Oncology and Haematology ACP is a speciality group within the CCLG. The group is made up of ACPs from the four nations of the United Kingdom. It was quickly established within the group that roles and responsibilities were diverse and there was no standard document by which to record and assess clinical competence, capability and ongoing professional development.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner Paediatric Oncology & Haematology Capability Document has been produced following a review of the Framework of Competencies for Level 3 Training Special Study Module in Paediatric Oncology (Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2010) and the General Practice Advanced Nurse Practitioner Competencies (Royal College of General Practitioners, 2015).

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CANUK Career and Education Framework for nurses working in LTFU and Late Effects

The Cancer Aftercare Nurses (CANUK) group are pleased to announce the updated career and education framework and competencies V2.0. This updated career and education framework is intended for use by nurses employed in long-term follow-up (LTFU) roles for children, young people and adults after treatment for cancer during childhood, adolescence or young adulthood.

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Career and Education Framework for Children and Young People (CYP) Cancer Nursing 

The RCN / CCLG ‘Career and Education Framework for Children and Young People Cancer Nursing’ has been extensively updated in 2022 by a working party from across the RCN / CCLG nursing Groups. The framework sets out competencies for knowledge and skills across a range of topic areas in CYP cancer care relevant to career stages. This highlights the professional development required for nurses at all levels of practice aspiring to build or maintain a career in cancer nursing.

The framework is intended for use by nurses who provide care to children and young people (CYP) with cancer, or cancer-like disease, in paediatric services, or services that are unbound by age which may encounter CYP with cancer. It includes CYP cancer nursing in multiple settings including principal treatment centres, shared care units, community care and generalist settings such as emergency departments and wards where CYP with cancer may occasionally be located for surgery or to manage oncology capacity overflow (outliers).

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Education and Training Directory 2025-2027

This 3rd edition of the Education and Training Directory has been collated by CCLG: The Children & Young People's Cancer Association for multi-professionals, clinicians and nurses. It provides a directory of courses, study days and events offered by multiple providers across the UK. 

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eLearning for health professionals

Our eLearning course for health and social care professionals caring for children and young people with cancer covers a wide range of subjects including an introduction to cancer in a child, teenager, or young adult; cancer services and the cancer multi-professional team; diagnosis; treatment modalities; side effects and emergencies; importance of physical activity and nutrition.

Remaining units covering holistic care and palliative and end of life care are planned for launch in 2025

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Paediatric Oncology Trainees Group (POTG)

The Paediatric Oncology Trainees Group (POTG) is a group of trainee doctors with an interest in paediatric oncology. 

Membership is informal and although tertiary and shared care paediatric oncology trainees form the core of the group, trainees from other disciplines with a particular interest in paediatric oncology including general paediatrics, paediatric surgery and haematology are welcome to join.

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Systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) passport

The passport provides a national standardization of education and assessment for the fundamental skills and knowledge required to safely handle and administer SACT. It is designed for practitioners handling and administering SACT and treating children and young people within PTCs, POSCUs, and community services.

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