Conference 2023 Programme


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Time

Topic

Speaker

09.15

Coffee and registration

 

10.00-10.10

Welcome and background

Prof Robert Rintoul

10.10-10.25

Chair: Dr Emma O’Dowd

How are we doing? Recent data from the National Lung Cancer Audit  

 

Dr Neal Navani

10.25-10.35

Chair: Dr Emma O'Dowd

Making the optimal pathway as easy as possible for patients

 

Dr Matt Evison

10.35-10.45

Discussion

 

10.45-10.55

Chair: Dr Emma O'Dowd

Impact of delays in molecular diagnostics – how can we speed things up?

 

Dr Alastair Greystoke

10.55-11.05

Chair: Dr Emma O'Dowd

Lessons learned from tackling the Molecular Profiling Pathway for Lung Cancer: The Welsh Perspective  

 

Dr Craig Dyer

11.05-11.20

Discussion

 

11.20-11.45

Coffee

 

11.55-12.05

Chair: Dr Will Ricketts

How do we ensure that Lung Health Checks have the maximum impact?

 

Vaaraki Thirumoolan (NHSE)

12.05-12.15

Discussion

 

12.15-12.25

Chair: Dr Will Ricketts

Driving improvements in lung cancer in Scotland

 

Dr Melanie MacKean

12.25-12.35

Chair: Dr Will Ricketts

Driving improvements in lung cancer in Northern Ireland

 

Dr Wendy Anderson

12.35-12.45

Chair: Dr Will Ricketts

CNS view on optimising patient engagement

 

Tracey Cole RN 

12.45-13.00

Open discussion

 

13.00-13.50

Lunch and networking

 

14.00-14.35

 ‘Lightning’ talks from exemplar units  

Dr Will Ricketts - Improving lung cancer outcomes through the MDT

Dr Adam Januszweski - What we are learning from the ctDNA pilots

Dr Louise Medley - using transport to reduce turn around time for molecular diagnostics 

Janina Barnett - Reducing health inequalities in the TLHC programme

Katie Lee & Lizzie Barrett - Improving uptake in the TLHC programme through invitation model and service model

Chair: Prof Mick Peake

 

14.40-15.40

  1. Optimising uptake and quality of Lung Health Checks - Facilitator Dr Emma O'Dowd
  2. Improving the pathway for timely access to molecular diagnostics - Facilitator Dr Craig Dyer
  3. Making the optimal lung cancer pathway easier for patients to negotiate - Facilitator Tracey Cole RN
  4. Tackling inequalities in lung cancer care and outcomes - 1 - Facilitator Dr Melanie MacKean
  5. Tackling inequalities in lung cancer care and outcomes - 2  - Facilitator Dr Will Ricketts 

Break-out sessions (with Facilitators and scribes)

 

15.45-16.00

Chair: Robert Rintoul

Feedback from break-out sessions  (3 minutes each)

 

Facilitators

16.00-16.20

Chair: Robert Rintoul

How what we have heard fits in with National Policy

 

Prof David Baldwin

16.20-16.30

Summary and closing remarks

Prof Robert Rintoul

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