Paediatric, Teenage & Young Adult Cancer (Solid and Haem-onc)

Our Paediatric, Teenage & Young Adult Cancer (Solid and Haem-onc) Genomics Community of Practice (CoP) is one of several CoPs we are currently supporting. See below for further details, including future meetings and how to join.

Lead Clinician

Dr Emma Ross, Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Who is this CoP for?

Medical doctors
Nurses
Pharmacists
Clinical trials/research

About this Community of Practice

To meet the commitment of the NHS Long Term Plan and offer whole genome sequencing to all children, teenagers and young adults newly diagnosed with cancer, we need to embed discussions about testing, potential risks and benefits, outcomes and treatment options into routine practice.

This CoP will enable provision of education to the multi-professional workforce to increase understanding and support development of the necessary pathways to ensure testing, feedback of results and incorporation into the treatment plan.

Audits of the proportion of patients tested, pathways and impact on outcome will facilitate service improvements to ensure all patients are tested appropriately.

Meeting schedule

Our Paediatric, Teenage & Young Adult Cancer (Solid and Haem-onc) Genomics CoP will take place on the SECOND Tuesday of each month, 12.30pm - 1.30pm. Details of upcoming meetings:

Tuesday 8th April 2025: details and a registration link will be added here shortly

Non-urgent advice: Join this Community of Practice

To join this - or any of our Genomic Communities of Practice - please register (or update) your details via our form here.

Please ensure to select the Community of Practice that you wish to join.

Resources from previous meetings

You will soon be able to access slides and recordings of all Paediatric, Teenage & Young Adult Cancer (Solid and Haemonc) CoP meetings on our FutureNHS workspace.

If you haven't already, you can request access to this platform by following this link (opens in a new tab).