Expert clinical work

We bring together the experts in children and young people’s cancer through our professional membership, creating a powerful national network driving progress. Together, we shape better treatment and care—developing guidelines, sharing expertise, offering advice, leading groundbreaking research, and creating essential resources and education for professionals. Our collective expertise sets the standard, advising, influencing, and advocating for excellence locally, nationally, and globally. 

Clinical treatment guidelines

We develop national clinical treatment guidelines ensuring safe, consistent and standardised care for children with cancer. Where possible, children with cancer are treated on clinical trials. However, the nature of research means that there will not always be open trials for some childhood cancers and using treatment guidelines is vital for ensuring equality of access to what is regarded by national experts as the best possible treatment currently available.

CCLG members regularly review guidance and recommendations to cover all of the major children's cancers, including leukaemia. Our guidelines are written by national experts in the field of each tumour type, usually by members of the relevant CCLG Special Interest Group. Guidance and recommendations draw on evidence from international research and treatment protocols, and the aim is to ensure guidance is consistent with the standard of care internationally.

Special Interest Groups and Member Networks

Our Special Interest Groups (SIGs) bring together networks of members around specific cancer types, professions or disciplines, and key aspects of treatment and care. Our SIGs develop treatment guidelines, produce good practice guidance and resources to help professionals develop in their careers, develop and run educational opportunities for professionals, create new research projects, undertake quality improvement initiatives, provide networks for sharing best practice and new ideas, and lots more, with the ultimate aim of ensuring the best possible treatment and care for all children and young people. 

Education and professional development

CCLG develops expert resources to support children and young people’s cancer professionals in their careers, as well as providing professional education through meetings, conferences and webinars. We support the next generation of professionals including through our Paediatric Oncology Trainees Group and Early Career Researcher Network. 

More information about our resources and education for professionals can be found in the ‘For Professionals’ section of our website.

If you’re a healthcare professional or researcher working in children and young people’s cancer, find out how you can benefit from CCLG membership and how to join today.