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28 resources suitable for Professionals
Buddying and befriending
- Staff
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
- Level
- Foundation
- Programme
- Living with the impact of cancer
Extend support to people affected by cancer with a befriending scheme within your service or support group.
Cancer Awareness
- Public
- Volunteers
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
An overview and introduction to cancer awareness, living with and beyond cancer and End of Life and Palliative Care.
Cancer in the workplace for Managers
- Public
- Staff
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
- Level
- Foundation
- Programme
- Managing Cancer in the Workplace
Helping line managers support people affected by cancer in the workplace.
Cancer Support Course Trainers Area
- Volunteers
- Professionals
- Format
- Group
News, information, guidance and resources for trainers of the Cancer Support Course.
Changing children's attitudes to death
- Public
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
- Level
- Foundation
- Programme
- Palliative and end-of-life care
Using the Acorn Approach with hospices and schools to change children and young people's attitudes to death and dying.
Coding and safety netting in the context of cancer
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
Attaining quality in coding and safety netting to support earlier diagnosis of cancer in primary care.
Communicating with people in distress
- Professionals
- Format
- external service
Sage and Thyme model and foundation level workshop, teaching the core skills of dealing with people in distress.
Contact, Help, Advice, Information Network
- Professionals
- Format
- external service
- Level
- Foundation
- Programme
- The changing cancer environment
CHAIN is a free, multi-disciplinary support network of over 12,000 professionals working in health, social care, education, research and management.
Herts & West Essex STP CCR Training
- Professionals
- Format
- Blended (Off & Online)
For healthcare professionals who have attended the Hertfordshire and West Essex Sustainability & Transformation Partnership (STP) 1-Day, Cancer Care Review Training.
Hints and tips for Adobe Connect Learn
- Volunteers
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
Before joining one of our Virtual Classrooms, please take this short course for some helpful hints and tips for using Adobe Connect. We look forward to welcoming you to one of our Virtual Classrooms soon.
Holistic Needs Assessment
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
This programme has been created to help and support key workers in the delivery of effective and supportive Holistic Needs Assessment (HNA’s) and care planning. HNA’s may be conducted by people in many different roles, with different job titles, so for the purpose of this programme we will use the generic role title of key worker.
Impact Evaluation
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
- Level
- Foundation
- Programme
- Leadership and change
Increase your knowledge of evaluation and develop the skills and confidence to evaluate your work.
Improving care for LGBT people with cancer
- Public
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
- Level
- Foundation
- Programme
- Living with the impact of cancer
Achieving quality in end of live care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
Legal issues, families and cancer
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
- Level
- Foundation
- Programme
- Living with the impact of cancer
Gain awareness of the legal and family matters that may arise when a relative is affected by cancer.
Macmillan Volunteering Quality Standards
- Staff
- Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
MVQS is a specially designed tool to help assess and assure the quality of your volunteer management. It secures consistency across the board, so that each and every volunteer gets a great experience - no matter how or where they volunteer for Macmillan.
MQuISS® support and guidance
- Staff
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
- Level
- Intermediate
- Programme
- The changing cancer environment
Supporting you with the Macmillan Quality in Information and Support Services (MQuISS®) standards. A one-stop-shop of information, guidance and other resources.
Neutropenic sepsis
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
- Level
- Foundation
- Programme
- Living with the impact of cancer
A dramatic reconstruction that examines the issue of neutropenic sepsis.
Nutrition for Living with and Beyond Cancer
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
A nutrition course for health and social care professionals developed by Bournemouth University.
Oral History Group
- Public
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- Community of Practice
Sharing sources, resources, good practice, and collaborating in the field of oral history in palliative care.
Patient Experience and Health Inequalities
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- Community of Practice
Understand the future direction of Macmillan and its work to improve experience and reduce inequalities in this Community of Practice.
Reflective Practice
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
This course is for health and social care professionals and others working to support people affected by cancer in any setting. It is for anyone who is new to reflective practice or would like to refresh their knowledge.
Revalidation for Nurses
- Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
Revalidation for Nurses with the NMC is coming. What is it and what can Macmillan do to support you?
Safeguarding and Coronavirus
- Staff
- Volunteers
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
This package has been designed for all staff, professionals and volunteers to increase your awareness of how the global Covid-19 pandemic has affected safeguarding topics you may already be familiar with.
Supporting Carers: A Professional's Toolkit
- Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
Provides health and social care professionals with the skills to identify and signpost cancer carers to support.
Supporting your service
- Staff
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
- Level
- Foundation
- Programme
- The changing cancer environment
Good practice in recruiting, training and supporting volunteers.
Understanding physical activity and cancer
- Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
A short video course for professionals to enable you to raise awareness of the importance of physical activity and signpost people to further support.
Virtual Best Practice Forums
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
- Format
This year we’ve had to make some big changes to our programme of events. Until we’re able to meet in person again, we’re excited to be running a series of virtual best practice forums for healthcare professionals. These live events feature a panel of experts sharing their knowledge and experience around a relevant topic that Macmillan professionals have told us is important to them. These events are open to all healthcare professionals in all levels of clinical and non-clinical roles. To access this information, please click the start button and 'Enrol Me'.
Working with children pre-bereavement
- Public
- Professionals
- Format
- E-Learning
- Level
- Foundation
- Programme
- Palliative and end-of-life care
Helping children and young people when someone close has cancer.