PROGRAMMES
Cancer (Early Diagnosis)
On this page you will find Cancer (Early Diagnosis) focused training, events, updates and links to resources
If you have any questions please contact our team [email protected]
What's happening
Education and Training
Lets Talk Prostate Cancer Webinar Recording
Gain key insights on prostate cancer from the recent live webinar and Q&A session funded by Lancashire and South Cumbria Cancer Alliance, in partnership with Gateway-C.
Testimonial:
‘Loved the whole discussion. To the point and very informative.’
National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT)
Assisting someone to quit smoking is a life saving intervention. Very Brief Advice on Smoking (VBA+) is designed to promote quitting and can be delivered in almost any situation with a person who smokes in less than 30 seconds. This 30 minute module will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed so that you can feel confident in delivering VBA+.
See below in live training for dates and how to register for Very Brief Advice (VBA) Training by Smokefree Lancashire.
GatewayC is an online educational platform for UK primary care professionals (like GPs) to help them improve early cancer diagnosis.
Access is free (funded by LSC Cancer Alliance) for all primary care staff within Lancashire and South Cumbria.
Register to Gateway C here.
What's happening
Upcoming Live Training
Let's Talk Pancreatic Cancer (GatewayC)
The next webinar in this series will be ‘Lancs & South Cumbria webinar series: let‘s talk pancreatic cancer’ on 19 May 2026. You can register for this webinar here.
The ‘Lancs & South Cumbria webinar series: let‘s talk lung cancer’ webinar was held on 7th April.
A recording of the webinar is available here, where you will also find recordings of the other webinars in this series. The cancer alliance also wished to share the safety netting guidance here which was mentioned in the webinar.
Talk Cancer (Cancer Research UK)
Funded by Lancashire and South Cumbria Cancer Alliance, Talk Cancer is for anyone in a position to promote health and wellbeing. If you’re having conversations with people and are able to share health messages, this workshop is for you.
Free for anyone in Lancashire and South Cumbria.
Register here:
Very Brief Advice (VBA) Training (Smokefree Lancashire)
Smokefree Lancashire have created a free training resource for you, so you can raise awareness around our service and how your service users can access our service.
WHATS AVAILABLE
Resources
Jason Feavers
Primary Care Education Facilitator (Cancer Early Diagnosis)
Summer Longton
Senior Administrator & Project Support Manager