Oncology Gynaecology
Wed 15 Jul 2026 09:30-16:10
Online Course, 5 CPD Hours

Strengthening early recognition, supporting more accurate diagnosis and improving care for women affected by vulval disease and vulval cancer

Bringing together gynaecology and gynaecological oncology professionals, this one-day online forum will share practical approaches to improve recovery, psychosexual support and patient experience after treatment. This is a great opportunity for you to build your confidence in recognising vulval conditions that may indicate pre-cancer or cancer and understand what supports timely referral and diagnosis.

Through expert clinical insight, patient perspective and shared discussion, you will leave with greater confidence in recognising suspicious presentations, a clearer understanding of the diagnostic and management pathway, and practical learning you can apply within your own role and service.

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Improving Diagnosis and Patient Experience in Vulval Disease and Vulval Cancer
Online 5 CPD hours From £249+VAT

Expand your knowledge

5 hours Continuing Professional Development: what you will learn

Through expert insight, patient perspective and shared discussion, your key learning outcomes include: 

  • Improving recognition of vulval pre-cancer, cancer and related vulval conditions 
  • Supporting earlier diagnosis and timelier referral 
  • Understanding the impact of delayed diagnosis for patients 
  • Enhancing specialist management of recurrent vulval disease and vulval cancer
  • Approaching wound management and support after treatment
  • Exploring psychological and psychosexual recovery after vulval cancer treatment 
  • Strengthening continuity of care and patient-centred support 

Live online learning

Developed with convenience in mind

Benefit from shared learning and discussion with your fellow attendees and professionals working across vulval disease and vulval cancer by:

  • Hearing specialist presentations that strengthen knowledge across earlier recognition, diagnosis, treatment and recovery 
  • Taking part in speakers’ Q&A sessions to ask your questions and explore key clinical and service issues in more depth 
  • Contributing to interactive discussions on practical challenges in diagnosis, recovery and patient-centred care 
  • Learning from your peers across different services and taking away ideas to strengthen practice in your own role

In-house training

Available as a bespoke course to teams of 25 people or more. Please do contact us if you would like this training delivered exclusively to your team, with the content developed to drill into the specific needs of your service. Please email Sarah Kemm or call 01732 897788 for further details.

Learning & development

Oncology National Networking Forums are pleased to be featured on the ACCEND Greater Manchester ePortfolio

The ePortfolio platform is available via the Greater Manchester Cancer Academy and supports professional development in cancer care.

This forum and all of our events are mapped to the ACCEND Framework and can be recorded in the Greater Mancester ePortfolio to help you evidence your learning, reflections and competencies.

To find out more, click on the ACCEND tab.


9:30
Registration, technical support and networking opportunity
10:00
Introduction, instructions and chair’s opening remarks
Improving early recognition, diagnosis and referral
10:10
Recognising vulval conditions in clinical practice
  • Building understanding of vulval pre-cancer and cancer
  • Improving recognition of vulval disease: lichen sclerosus, lichen planus, extra-mammary Paget’s, HSIL and MIS
  • Recognising the importance of clinico-pathological correlation
Dr Fiona Lewis, Consultant Dermatologist, St John’s Institute of Dermatology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
10:40
Enhancing recognition and referral from primary care
  • Exploring the challenges of recognising vulval disease and vulval cancer in primary care
  • Understanding what supports earlier assessment, clearer referral and more timely diagnosis
  • Strengthening collaboration between primary care and vulval specialists
11:10
Questions and answers with your speakers
11:20
Screen break
11:30
Interactive discussion: Supporting earlier recognition in vulval disease and vulval cancer
  • Which symptoms or presentations do teams feel are most important to recognise earlier in practice?
  • What approaches are helping services support faster referral and diagnosis?
  • How can teams work better with primary care and other services to reduce delay?
11:50
Feedback from interactive discussion: Supporting earlier recognition in vulval disease and vulval cancer
Patient experience and the impact of delay
12:00
Understanding delayed diagnosis through the patient’s experience
  • Identifying what services can learn from the patient perspective to improve support, confidence and care across the pathway
Clare Baumhauer, Patient Advocate, Vulval Cancer UK Awareness
12:20
Questions and answers with your speaker
12:30
Lunch break
Management after diagnosis
1:00
Navigating recurrent vulval disease and vulval cancer in specialist practice
  • Exploring how recurrent vulval disease and vulval cancer are assessed and managed in specialist practice
  • Clarifying treatment decisions and when different management approaches may be considered
  • Sharing practical learning on follow-up, recurrence and ongoing care
1:30
Questions and answers with your speaker
1:40
Interactive discussion: Benchmarking recurrence and complexity in vulval disease and vulval cancer
  • What are your biggest challenges in recognising recurrence or ongoing vulval disease in practice?
  • How does your service make treatment decisions and approach escalation?
  • Share your practical learning tips for specialist decision-making and ongoing management?
2:00
Feedback from interactive discussion: Benchmarking recurrence and complexity in vulval disease and vulval cancer
2:10
Screen break
Supporting recovery after treatment
2:20
Improving wound management and practical support after vulval cancer treatment
  • Understanding common wound-related challenges after treatment for vulval cancer
  • Exploring practical approaches to improving wound management and patient support
  • Identifying how services can strengthen follow-up, advice and continuity of care
2:50
Supporting psychological and psychosexual recovery after vulval cancer
  • Understanding the emotional and psychosexual impact of vulval cancer treatment
  • Understanding the emotional and psychosexual impact of vulval cancer treatment
  • Understanding the emotional and psychosexual impact of vulval cancer treatment
Dr Leila Frodsham, Consultant Gynaecologist and Lead Consultant in Psychosexual Medicine, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
3:20
Questions and answers with your speakers
3:30
Interactive discussion: Strengthening recovery and patient-centred pathways
  • What approaches are working well to support recovery after treatment in your service?
  • How are practical support, psychosexual support and follow-up being delivered most effectively?
  • What examples of good practice could be adapted to strengthen continuity of care in your own setting?
3:50
Feedback from interactive discussion: Strengthening recovery and patient-centred pathways
4:00
Chair’s closing remarks
4:10
Close of day

Call for speakers

If you would like to give a presentation and share your work or the work of your service at this face-to-face forum, we would be delighted to hear from you.

To discuss speaking opportunities please email the conference producer, Mariana Mason or call Mariana on 01732 897788.

Your expert speaker line-up

Hear from experienced clinicians and specialists working across vulval disease, vulval cancer and patient support, sharing practical insight from diagnosis through to recovery. Speakers confirmed to date:

Dr Fiona Lewis
Job Title:
Consultant Dermatologist
Organisation
St John’s Institute of Dermatology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Biography

Fiona Lewis trained in Dermatology at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield and completed her MD thesis on clinical and immunological aspects of lichen sclerosus there. She became a Consultant Dermatologist in 1996 and now runs the Vulval Clinic at St John’s Institute of Dermatology which is a busy tertiary service for complex vulval conditions. She is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College, London.

She teaches on all aspects of vulval disease at a local, national and international level, and has authored various textbooks on vulval disease, as well as being active in clinical research. She is the current President of the European College for the Study of Vulval Disease.
Clare Baumhauer
Job Title:
Patient Advocate
Organisation
Vulval Cancer UK Awareness
Biography

Clare is an active patient representative and advocate for adults & children with lichen sclerosus & vulval cancer. She is a patient representative for the UK Dermatology Clinical Trials Network (UKDCTN) & on Executive Committee. Clare sits on the PAVE group (Patient Advisors for Vulval Research). Clare is a co-investigator on the PEARLS trial & has been a co-applicant for numerous other funding applications. She founded lichen sclerosus & vulval cancer support groups in 2017, the largest of which contains over 16,000 members. Clare raises awareness for LS & vulval cancer on social media as well as co running a website.
Dr Leila Frodsham
Job Title:
Consultant Gynaecologist and Lead Consultant in Psychosexual Medicine
Organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Biography

Pricing Structure

  • Early bird - £249+VAT for one NHS or Public Sector place when booked before 29th May
  • £299+VAT for one NHS or Public Sector place after 29th May
  • Commercial companies are invited to sponsor this day. Please email Vanessa Pearce for further details.

Stretch your NHS training budget further

At SBK Healthcare, we understand how important it is to invest in staff development across a range of specialties. To help you maximise your budget, we offer NHS group discounts that can be applied across one or multiple events.

If you’re interested in making a group booking - whether for a single course or several different events - please email Nichola Cadwallader or call Nichola on 01732 897788 to discuss the best options for your team.

Associations and networks

If you belong to an alliance, association or network please email Nichola Cadwallader to see how we can work together on a mutually beneficial basis. 

Reservations

You can reserve a no-obligation place whilst you apply for funding

If your funding has not yet been secured or you would like to hold your place with no obligation whilst waiting for your study leave to be approved, you can reserve your place with us. Please email the reservations team at SBK Healthcare with your details:

  • Booking contact: name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  • Event(s) to reserve for: title and date
  • Delegate details (for each delegate): name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  • Organisation details: name and address

Alternatively you can make a confirmed booking by emailing the above information to the bookings team 

How this online forum will work

Once you have booked your place, SBK Healthcare will correspond with you using the email address you provided at the time of booking. Within one week of the online training taking place, you will be sent final details of the course including a full agenda, programme timings and your Zoom joining instructions. This email will include a joining link that can be used to access the course.

If you have not received your email two days before your event, do check your junk folder then contact SBK Healthcare on 01732 897788.

Practice sessions are available. If you would like to attend a zoom practice session before the event takes place, please let us know by emailing bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk. You will have the opportunity to meet an SBK Healthcare staff member who will ensure you are able to access zoom, that your camera and microphone work and you are fully set-up for the day. This is optional but if you do wish to attend, please use the same device that you plan to use on the day.

On the day, when registration starts, you will be able to join the course by initially entering a waiting room when there may be a short wait. The forum will include screen breaks, as well as topic themed interactive sessions which will take place in the breakout rooms.

Click here to view the specially created 5-minute video that will walk you through how to get the most out of attending your SBK Healthcare interactive online forum.

Terms and conditions

Certification of attendance

A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every fully registered participant who completes the course, as a record of your continuing professional training and development.

Registration fees

You will be sent an instant payment option or invoice on registration. Your payment is required in advance. If your fee has not been received prior to the event, and you are not able to provide a PO or proof of payment, you will be asked to make a credit or debit card payment on the day.

Modify registration

To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email the bookings team.

Cancellations and substitutions

A full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received within the first 48 hours of the booking being made. Notice of cancellation must be received in writing by emailing the bookings team at SBK Healthcare. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date, the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be provided. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time.

Event changes

It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavour to keep you abreast of such changes but any unavoidable change to the format will not constitute a reason to refund the fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavour to reschedule the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.

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Expected attendees

This online forum is ideal for gynaecology and gynaecological oncology professionals, including but not limited to:

  • Consultant Gynaecologists 
  • Gynaecological Oncologists 
  • Consultant Dermatologists 
  • Sexual health / GUM Physicians 
  • Gynaecological Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialists and Specialist Nurses 
  • Nurses 
  • Senior Trainees 

Past attendee feedback

Our gynae oncology forums are shaped by feedback from professionals working across gynae-cancer care, ensuring each programme is focused on practical challenges, current priorities and the realities of service delivery. Attendees consistently value the relevant content, knowledgeable speakers and the opportunity to hear how other teams are approaching similar issues. Hear how previous participants have benefitted from shared learning, real service experience and expert-led sessions: 

“Informative, well run and friendly”

Strengthening Support for Menopause after Gynaecological Cancer, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, November 2025

“Excellent forum, really insightful”

Strengthening Support for Menopause after Gynaecological Cancer, Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust, November 2025

“All really knowledgeable and clearly passionate about their areas of work”

Strengthening Support for Menopause after Gynaecological Cancer, Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust, November 2025

“Excellent course content. A lot to take away and think about. Very well organised”

Enabling Psychosexual Health in Gynaecologic Cancer, University Hospitals Birmingham (Queen Elizabeth), February 2024

“A great day to network. I have taken some points away that I would like to try and implement in our department”

Enabling Psychosexual Health in Gynaecologic Cancer, Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust, February 2024

“Excellent day with lots of useful content and resources to look at, it's going to take some time to process but I'm excited about implementing more support in this area”

Enabling Psychosexual Health in Gynaecologic Cancer, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, February 2024

“Really well organised and great content. Very informative and a great way in meeting other people and sharing ideas and experiences. A great networking opportunity”

Progressing your Gynae-Oncology Service, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, July 2022

“Very interesting to hear the dynamics in other teams. I will hopefully be able to apply some of what I’ve heard and seen to improve our practice”

Progressing your Gynae-Oncology Service, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, July 2022

View further comments on SBK Healthcare events on Trust Pilot.

About the ACCEND Framework

The ACCEND Framework is designed to enhance cancer care by providing a structured approach to education and professional development for healthcare professionals.

  • It defines the essential Cancer Capabilities in Practice (CiPs) and offers a tailored educational structure to support progression at every stage of a cancer care career.
  • Launched in January 2023, the framework aims to transform career pathways and improve training and development opportunities across the cancer workforce.
  • It provides access to the education and training needed to meet role-specific competencies and includes dedicated resources for nurses, allied health professionals and those in cancer-related support roles.
  • The ACCEND Framework delivers a nationally agreed career and education structure underpinned by clearly defined capabilities in practice.

Map your learning

All Oncology National Networking Forum courses listed on the ACCEND Greater Manchester ePortfolio are fully aligned with the ACCEND Framework.

You can easily log your attendance and map your learning to the Cancer Capabilities in Practice (CiPs) through the ACCEND Greater Manchester ePortfolio.

To do this:

  • Register and log in to the Greater Manchester ePortfolio
  • Click ‘Add Entry’
  • Select 'Choose an item from the library'
  • Change the provider to Oncology National Networking Forums
  • Choose the relevant event you have attended (or plan to attend)

This tool offers a central space to track your professional development, reflections and achievements - supporting your ongoing career in cancer care.

Click here to access the Greater Manchester ePortfolio


Sponsorship engagement

Our role at SBK Healthcare is to bring industry together with healthcare professionals so that you can educate and inform your audience. These trail-blazing oncology delivery forums offer dedicated presentations, Q&A, networking and discussion time, each sponsor will be fully immersed into the event and able to effectively engage with your NHS audience.

Your event, managed by us

SBK Healthcare also provides in-house forums. Working closely with you as the client we can research, produce, market and deliver the conference or online forum that best suits the audience and meets your goals.

Reach out today

If you would like more information on our sponsorship options an in-house forum or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact:

Vanessa Pearce
Contact: 01732 897788
Email: Vanessa.Pearce@sbk-healthcare.co.uk