This page covers links, tools and resources for professionals.
If you are a clinician working in Thames Valley or Wessex as part of the shared care network and want to be included our regular Children’s Cancer Clinical Network meetings or education events, please contact us.
If you want to find out more about current ODN supported education days and events go to our Education and Events section.
Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) – information about the children’s team, including contact details for the services, details on the Aftercare service and signposting to charities for families.
University Hospital Southampton (UHS) – information about the children’s team, including contact details and patient information on the ward and services provided at UHS.
- PIER – The PIER Network (Paediatric Innovation, Education & Research Network) is a collaboration of multidisciplinary health professionals based at University Hospitals Southampton. It acts as an education and research platform designed to improve the care of children and young people across the South of England through regional guidance, education, and research.
- CCLG – The Children & Young People’s Cancer Association Provide trusted information and guidance for children and young people with cancer, their families and anyone supporting them. Through online resources and professional membership, they shape better treatment and care – developing guidelines, sharing knowledge, offering expert advice, leading pioneering research, and creating essential resources and education for professionals.
- For more specific information, you might want to direct or signpost families to about certain conditions, please go to our Patients and Families page.
- BOPA – the British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA), a UK-based charity and professional organisation dedicated to promoting excellence in the pharmaceutical care of cancer patients. It serves as a professional hub for oncology pharmacy staff – including pharmacists, technicians, and assistants. BOPA offers e-learning modules, webinars, and bespoke CPD courses and features the Digital SACT Verification Passport as well as Clinical Standards & Guidelines.
We work closely with Thames Valley Cancer Alliance and Wessex Cancer Alliance to share learning and resources and their webpages also offer lots of useful information, training and guidance for professionals.
Research ECMC- The ECMC Paediatric Network brings together clinicians and translational scientists to run early phase clinical trials for children and young people with cancer. The network functions as a single virtual centre to improve patient recruitment and expand geographical access to novel anticancer agents. The website also offers EC Trial Finder tool to identify and refer patients to suitable early-phase clinical trials based on specific criteria like age, location, and molecular markers.
Children’s cancer service specifications are mandatory NHS England documents that define the standards, care pathways, and staffing requirements for providing cancer care to children and young people. They set out how services must be delivered, through a network of Principal Treatment Centres (PTCs) and Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Units (POSCUs) and how to ensure that care is safe, age-appropriate, and consistent across the country.
If you’re a clinician working in childrens cancer care, these documents might help you understand what is required from each service in relation to the legal and safety standards set out in the specification.
The service specifications covering Cancer services for children include: