On the 21st of March 2024 the National Prostate Cancer Audit (NPCA) hosted an online quality improvement workshop. Over 100 clinicians attended from surgical and radiotherapy centres across England and Wales, along with people working in academia and the charity sector, and policy makers.
Below are the speaker presentations and videos from the 2024 Quality Improvement workshop.
Topic 1: The science of performance in prostate radiotherapy
Chair, Professor Noel Clarke, NPCA Clinical Lead for Surgery
| Findings from the NPCA – performance indicators in radiotherapy | Dr Alison Tree, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, and NPCA Clinical Lead for Oncology |  | Watch the video Download the slides |
| Prostate Radiotherapy Masterclass – Clatterbridge/ Royal Marsden | Dr Julia Murray, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation TrustandProfessor Isabel Syndikus, Consultant in Clinical Oncology, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust |   | Watch the video (Part 1) Watch the video (Part 2) Download the slides |
Topic 2: Building capacity for the assessment of patients and delivery of care in prostate cancer
Chair, Professor Noel Clarke, NPCA Clinical Lead for Surgery
| Findings from NPCA – determinants of variation in utilisation of systemic therapy | Dr Jo Dodkins, NPCA Clinical Fellow |  | |
| Capacity for assessing/optimising patients prior to treatment – Oncogeriatric perspective | Dr Tania Kalsi, Consultant in geriatric and general internal medicine, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS foundation Trust |  | Watch the videoDownload the slides |
| Capacity for delivery – who can prescribe systemic therapy? Example of excellence – Dudley | Georgia Malesi, Principal Pharmacist for Cancer Services, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust |  | Watch the videoDownload the slides |
| Panel discussion | Panel members: Alison Tree, Isabel Syndikus, Georgia Malesi, Noel Clarke, Pauline Bagnall (Uro-oncology nurse specialist), Sophie Alexander (Therapeutic Radiographer), and Tania Kalsi | Watch the video | |
| Patient view & reflections | Terence Bytheway, NPCA Patient and Public Involvement Forum representative | Watch the video |