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
Improving the Quality of Your Referral
This course aims to support healthcare professionals in making clinically appropriate suspected cancer referrals and preparing patients. You will be presented with specialist discussions alongside examples of patient communication and a range of activities to reinforce learning points.
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 Prostate Cancer (GatewayC)
Funded by Lancashire and South Cumbria Cancer Alliance, a free webinar for primary care professionals in Lancashire and South Cumbria.
Gain key insights on prostate cancer during our free webinar and Q&A session, in partnership with GatewayC – the leading earlier cancer diagnosis resource.
Register here:
This webinar will be the first in our upcoming series of four webinars with GatewayC. Each session will be hosted by experienced GPs and feature secondary care specialists who will discuss prostate, lung, pancreatic, and liver cancer. Explore the full series.
The first live webinar on Tuesday, 3 March 2026, 12:30 – 13:15, will provide guidance on
- Patient groups that should prompt heightened clinical suspicion
- Distinguishing common urinary symptoms from concerning presentations
- Approaching the limitations of PSA testing
- Recognising signs of metastatic cancer
You’ll learn from specialists Mr Jawad Islam, Consultant Urology and MDT Lead for urological Cancers, and Dr Neil Smith, GP and Primary Care Director. The session is designed for GPs and primary care professionals. Live Q&A available.
Can’t make it? Register to watch on demand after the event has finished.
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