Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Oncology and Palliative Care

The Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department are hosting a free online research seminar.

“The changing landscape of cancer cachexia – from nutrition to a metabolic syndrome”

Dr Barry Laird

Wednesday 9th March at 17:30 – 19:00 (GMT)

Dr Maureen Twiddy from the Institute of Clinical and Applied Health Research, Hull York Medical School, Hull University, has opportunities for funded PhDs for Sept 2022 around the role of exercise in cancer management.

Prostate Cancer UK are seeking passionate and experienced Health Professionals who are driven to improve prostate cancer services and make a meaningful difference for men living with prostate cancer.

On Thursday 25th November, Jemima Reynolds from Trekstock gave an inspiring talk to ACPOPC and RCOT-Specialist Section members 

On Saturday 4th December 2021, there is an online educational session run by WCPT-ICP-HOPE titled 'Developing Oncology Rehabilitation Practice Skills'

ACPOPC members were involved with the PROSPER Trial. The following information is from Esther Williamson from the PROSPER team

We are writing to you as you were involved in the PROSPER trial or expressed an interest in the PROSPER online training course. The results from the PROSPER trial have now been publish in the BMJ and can be accessed here. We are delighted to tell you that the training course hosted on FutureLearn is now available:  Helping patients recover from breast cancer treatment: a programme to prevent shoulder problems. The first course will begin on the 29 November 2021 and will be an unfacilitated course which means it is user led without any assistance from a PROSPER expert.

We also plan to run a private, facilitated course at the start of 2022 (date to be confirmed) where a member from the PROSPER team will be on hand to answer any questions and we would like you to be part of this private course. Please nominate your colleagues to take part if you would prefer not to take part.

The purpose of running the private course is to get more detailed feedback from learners to help us measure the impact of the training and to see if learners are able to deliver the PROSPER programme as part of their clinical service.

You cannot sign up for the private course on the FutureLearn website but if you or a colleague would like to take part in this private course then please contact us at prosper@exeter.ac.uk. The course will run for 4 weeks and will take a maximum of 2 hours each week to complete. We encourage learners to complete the training each week to benefit from the facilitation.

The APPG on Hospice and End of Life Care are holding an oral session on the increase in deaths at home during the pandemic on Monday 13th December from 11.30 - 12.30. 

In this webinar entitled, “The Cancer Exercise Toolkit: A co-designed website for physiotherapists”, there will be an overview about the development of the Cancer Exercise Toolkit, including the co-design process and share
outcomes related to the website’s usability and impact on clinician’s confidence and behaviours in prescribing
exercise to people with cancer.

The PALLUP study aims to identify and understand the Palliative Care needs of older people with advancing frailty and to support community services to deliver this care. The study leads have requested help from ACPOPC in sharing an online England-wide survey 

ACPOPC are really excited to be able to bring our members a virtual study session from Jemima Reynolds, Head of Programmes and Engagement at Trekstock.