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A UK Acute Oncology Society (UKAOS) consultant subgroup has developed a generic AO job plan template to support job planning and to help trusts developing new AO posts.

As the UK specialist society for medical oncology, all trainees and consultants are encouraged to join.

Save the date: this year's trainees meeting taking place on Thursday 21 and Friday 22 November in Leeds.  Click here for more details.

Want to find out more about a career in Medical Oncology?  The ACP recently held a webinar to allow participants to learn more about a fulfilling career in this exciting and expanding specialty. 

From time to time the NHS Blood and Transplant Service issues alerts about low levels of blood stocks and asks hospitals to restrict the use of blood, to ensure that patients who need blood can receive a transfusion.  The ACP and RCR have issued a joint statement with recommendations for oncology teams in such circumstances.  The recommendations are available here.

The ACP is hosting the UK’s only licensed Best of ASCO® event. An expert UK faculty will summarise and highlight some of the most significant treatment advances presented at the 2024 ASCO® Meeting. 

Professor Andrew Wardley, as ACP Chair, together with colleagues from the RCR, UKONS and BOPA, recently met with the Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care to discuss the challenges facing SACT departments across the country.

Annual meeting for both new consultants and final year trainees, all ACP members welcome.