Collaborations

Guy’s Cancer Academy works collaboratively to provide high quality, innovative learning to people working in and affected by cancer. The Academy is working with a number of pioneering organisations providing vital support to everyone affected by cancer. 

Local and regional collaborations

We work closely with partners within Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and health and care organisations in south east London, as well as other regions in the UK.
King’s Health Partners Comprehensive Cancer Centre
Guy's Cancer Charity
South East London Cancer Alliance (SELCA)
East of England Cancer Alliance
Affiliation of Academies
Macmillan Cancer Support

King’s Health Partners Comprehensive Cancer Centre

King’s Health Partners Comprehensive Cancer Centre (KHP CCC) is made up of the cancer services provided by clinical and academic partners within KHP’s Academic Health Science Centre, including King’s College London, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. 

Guy’s Cancer Academy works with cancer education leads across KHP CCC to develop resources for people with cancer and healthcare professionals, including accredited courses with higher education institutions.
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A resource created with colleagues from King's College Hospital and Guy's Cancer Centre to support patients to give themselves injections at home during the Covid pandemic.
Guy’s Cancer Academy provides a core foundation on which we base the delivery of our world class clinical services and cutting-edge research. Their innovative approach to delivering high-quality flexible learning opportunities embraces the latest learning science principles, allowing us to personalise our cancer education as well as our cancer care.

Professor Arnie Purushotham
Director of King’s Health Partners Comprehensive Cancer Centre

South East London Cancer Alliance (SELCA)

South East London Cancer Alliance (SELCA) uses a collaborative model to deliver high quality cancer services across community, primary, and secondary care in south east London.

Guy’s Cancer Academy works closely with SELCA to develop and deliver education and training to support the Alliance to achieve its objectives.

SELCA has also funded 240 staff to complete the Academy’s modules in Systemic anti-cancer therapy, Care of the patient with an acute oncology indication, Prostate cancer care for advanced non-medical practitioners, and advanced communication skills.
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A patient-led video supporting a campaign encouraging breast screening across south east London.

East of England Cancer Alliance

East of England Cancer Alliance (EoECA) brings together clinical and other senior leaders in the health sector, as well as patients and members of the local community, to improve cancer pathways and outcomes for patients in the east of England.

Guy’s Cancer Academy works closely with EoECA, providing training for its staff as well as expert advice and support. EoECA has funded over 80 members of staff to complete accredited, practice-focused online courses at Guy’s Cancer Academy.
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Our systemic anti-cancer therapy online course
The East of England Cancer Alliance has worked closely with Guy’s Cancer Academy for a number of years now. The team is hugely responsive to an array of questions and conundrums that we have posed to them and nothing is ever too much trouble. They are our go-to now for a number of essential courses. 

Gini Melesi
Head of Transformation Programmes, EoECA

Affiliation of Academies

The Affiliation of Academies is a collaboration of seven education teams in Guy’s and St. Thomas’ College of Healthcare, working together, and with external organisations, to deliver education programmes to support the strategic arms of their clinical departments. 

Guy’s Cancer Academy has brought its expertise in online learning to support these teams to deliver education and training. For instance, it has helped to develop online courses for St. John’s Dermatology Academy and the Theatres, Anaesthetics and Perioperative Care (TAP) Academy. The Royal Brompton education and training team is also supporting the development of simulation training for Karkinos Healthcare.
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A video demonstration filmed in our studio as part of a St John's Dermatology Academy course
The Affiliation of Academies draws on the expertise of education teams across the Trust, providing a unique opportunity to develop novel interdisciplinary educational resources for national and international markets, while also benefiting our own staff and patients.

Dr Simon Hughes
Lead for the Affiliation of Academies

Macmillan Cancer Support

Macmillan Cancer Support, a leading UK cancer charity, funded the InDEPTH project, where Guy’s Cancer Academy co-designed, published and evaluated free online learning: Personalised care planning for people with cancer. This is hosted on the Macmillan Cancer Support Learning and communications hub and the Guy’s Cancer Academy website.

Macmillan also worked with Verna to develop an acute oncology online education pathway, which includes the Level 2 Acute Oncology online course and the accredited module: Caring for a Person with an Acute Oncology Indication.

Over 350 healthcare professionals involved in the delivery of personalised care across the UK have completed the Personalised care planning for people with cancer course. A comprehensive pre and post course evaluation has been presented at national conferences, is being co-authored with colleagues at Macmillan Cancer Support and will be reported in full at the end of 2022.
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Our Personalised care and planning for people with cancer course

Guy’s Cancer Charity

Guy’s Cancer Charity helps fund dynamic projects and initiatives that bring ideas to life, leading to new ways of detecting cancer, advancing care and improving recovery.

The charity provided the initial funding in 2018 to develop a self-sustaining cancer education provider, which became Guy’s Cancer Academy. It has continued to support the Academy's work ever since, including funding many of the Academy’s patient education resources, as well as online learning for Guy’s and St Thomas’ Trust’s clinical staff, and the professional development of Academy staff.
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A resource created with colleagues from Guy's Cancer Centre to support patients recovering from breast surgery.
At Guy’s Cancer Charity, we support the dedicated team at Guy’s Cancer to continue transforming cancer care, so we were proud to provide start-up funding for Guy’s Cancer Academy. Their innovative programmes and resources are pushing forward pioneering, personalised care – at Guy’s Cancer and beyond.
Colin Kinloch
Trust Funding Director

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National and international collaborations

We work closely with a wide range of national and international organisations providing care and support to everyone affected by cancer.
Karkinos
Healthcare
FrontLine Communication
Health Education England
UK Oncology Nursing Society

Karkinos Healthcare

Karkinos Healthcare aims to better coordinate the fragmented way that cancer care is provided in India by developing a network of high quality healthcare providers, researchers and technology experts. 

Guy’s Cancer Academy has brought expertise in cancer education to Karkinos’ local context in India – with an initial focus on Kerala.

The Academy has worked with Karkinos to develop a range of programmes. These include patient education programmes on topics such as cancer symptoms, and education for volunteers and clinicians involved in screening people to identify cancer early – potentially saving thousands of lives. The Academy is also supporting the development of a Learning Laboratory and simulation training in Kerala.
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Photo taken during Karkinos' latest visit to London
Our partnership with GCA is giving us access to knowledge and expertise in various aspects of cancer care that we can apply in distributed cancer care settings. With the support of GCA, we are able to create standardised care protocols that cater to disparate requirements of care in urban and rural settings, and specific patient needs for care and support. The unique training methodology and packages that include culturally relevant, digital content enable us to train the local staff and ensure care consistency.
Sarika Phatak
Vice-President Strategic Initiatives, Karkinos Healthcare

FrontLine Communication

FrontLine Communication is a trusted provider of high-quality emotional intelligence and communication skills training to NHS Trusts, charities, and other organisations in the public and private sectors.

Guy’s Cancer Academy manages the administration of FrontLine’s Advanced communication skills training (ACST) course, including student enrolment.

With the support of the Academy, this popular blended learning course is now offered nationally to senior healthcare professionals working in cancer settings. The course supports them to develop new communication models, skills and behaviours.
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We feel honoured to be in a trusted partnership with Guy’s Cancer Academy, who I find truly inspiring to work with. We share a goal of innovative, high-quality training that produces results. Offering ACST nationally gives more opportunities for healthcare professionals to complete this amazing training, resulting in students no longer spending years on the waiting list, and a more suitable business model for us both.

Olivia Corrie
CEO and Founder of FrontLine Communication

Health Education England

Guy’s Cancer Academy has developed and delivered national and regional specialist education in cancer care with funding from Health Education England (HEE).

HEE covers more than 100 programmes from planning and commissioning, to recruiting and developing healthcare staff in a range of healthcare and community settings.

The NHS Cancer Workforce plan highlights key cancer specialist education and training ambitions.

HEE has funded the Care of the patient with an acute oncology indication module, as well as a pan-London Introduction to Cancer Care for Admin and Clerical Staff, and the South East London Cancer Symptom of the Month webinar series.

Additionally, Verna and Yvonne chair and sit on a number of HEE working groups.
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Our Care of the patient with an acute oncology indication module

UK Oncology Nursing Society

The United Kingdom Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS) is run voluntarily by cancer nurses for cancer nurses to promote excellence in the nursing management and care of all those directly and indirectly affected by cancer across the UK.

Guy’s Cancer Academy works closely with UKONS to run free education events for nurses caring for people with cancer.

The events that the Academy has hosted have enabled nurses to develop practice-focused knowledge and skills to progress their careers and improve patient outcomes and experiences. These have included masterclasses in acute oncology, sexual health and wellbeing, and the Young and Early Career Cancer Nurse Education Day.
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THE UKONS Fundamentals of Cancer Care book launch organised and live streamed by Guy's Cancer Academy
Working with Verna and the team at Guy’s Cancer Academy has been very rewarding in terms of delivering real outcomes for improving cancer nurse education. The team are solution-driven, highly motivated and innovative, with an eye for detail.

Mark Foulkes
President of UKONS