Managing symptoms in pancreatic cancer: GI symptoms

• 9.00 – 9.05: Welcome & introduction, Rachel Richardson, Specialist Pancreatic Cancer Nurse, Pancreatic Cancer UK
• 9.05 – 9.10: Lived experience video
• 9.10 – 10.05: Managing GI symptoms in pancreatic cancer, Benjamin Huntly, Pancreas Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
• 10.05 – 10.25: Q&A
• 10.25 – 10.30: Close

• Increase your knowledge and understanding of GI-related symptoms with pancreatic cancer
• Understand more about the causes of nausea, vomiting, constipation and diarrhoea and how these symptoms impact your patients
• Grow your confidence in caring for and supporting patients with nausea, vomiting, constipation and diarrhoea
• Develop an understanding of wider GI-related symptoms your pancreatic cancer patients may experience, including bloating, steatorrhea and gastric outlet obstruction
• Gain practical tips and guidance on how to adapt your support throughout a patients’ treatment journey

This session is suitable for all health professionals working closely with people with pancreatic cancer. It is particularly relevant for the following roles:

• UGI /HPB CNSs
• Community Nurses and District Nurses
• Ward Nurses
• Primary Care Staff
• Palliative care teams
• Allied Health Professionals
• Doctors

Chair

• Rachel Richardson, Specialist Pancreatic Cancer Nurse, Pancreatic Cancer UK

Speaker

• Benjamin Huntly, Pancreas Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Our events are mapped to the ACCEND framework. Find out more about ACCEND. 

This event supports the following ACCEND Capabilities in Practice: 

• 1. 5 Recognise the wider impact that symptoms of cancer, often persistent, can have on individuals, their families and those close to them
•  5. 5 Progress care, recognising that reducing symptoms, restoring and maintaining function and independence, and improving quality of life all form clinical outcomes and meaningful goals of treatment
•  6. 1 Provide information and advice appropriate to the needs, priorities and concerns of individuals
•  7. 4 Access information from a range of resources, and use them to meet the individual needs of service users, translating clinically related topics into language which is understandable both for individuals to self-manage effectively and for the development of patient information
•  8. 5 Have a knowledge of the range of services available to support people across the care pathway and how to refer/sign-post to them with awareness of when it would be appropriate to refer back to treating centres, including for emergency presentations
• 15.10 Understand a range of options available other than drug prescribing (e.g. not prescribing, promoting self-care, advising on the purchase of over-the-counter medicines)
• 17. 5 Promote the importance of a healthy diet and nutritional requirements to reduce the impact of cancer-related symptoms
• 18. 1 Recognise common symptoms and oncological emergencies
• 18. 2 Assess and recognise treatment-related and disease related symptoms relevant to own area of practice screen for all these symptoms
• 19. 2 Distinguish between symptoms and intervene to ensure individuals are on the appropriate care pathway, for example treatment related, late effects, recurrence, progression
• 19. 4 Provide specialist interventions and advice to support symptom management including complex symptoms arising from cancer, cancer treatment and late effects
• 20. 6 Identify the need for additional clinical and professional support such as referral, second opinion
• 22. 3 Understand and utilise the evidence of best practice to inform own practice
• 24. 2 Engage in self-directed learning, critically reflecting on practice to maximise advanced clinical skills and knowledge, as well as own potential to lead and develop both care and services locally and regionally.

What platform will this event be hosted on?

This event will be held on Zoom Webinar. After you book, you will receive an email via Zoom with the joining details. You can join on a computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone – any device with an internet connection. 

If you don’t have access to the internet, you can also dial in from a standard telephone. 

If you have any additional access needs or special requirements for attending this event, please get in touch with us by emailing hpnetwork@pancreaticcancer.org.uk  so we can discuss these with you.

Will I receive a certificate of attendance?

Everyone who joins the event live on the day will get access to their certificate of attendance upon filling in the feedback form. Certificates are only available to live attendees. 

Will the event be recorded?

Yes – where the speakers are happy to be recorded. After the event, we will email all registrants with a link to the recordings and presentation slides. So if you’re unable to join the live session, you will be able to catch up at a later date. For the best experience, we recommend joining live.