Webinars and events

Healthcare professional webinars and external training and events

Upcoming webinars

Facilitated by our clinical nurse specialists, our healthcare professional webinars are designed to support your practice and development.

Sessions are free to join and run for an hour. They include expert speakers covering a range of topics on breast cancer, treatments, side effect management and new developments.

Participation certificates for your NMC revalidation are available following each webinar.

Please note, our webinars are only open to healthcare professionals in UK practice. This is because the information we share, produce and collaborate on is all based on UK clinical practice and guidelines.

Breast Cancer Now’s healthcare professionals webinar 2025/2026 are jointly sponsored by Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Limited, Roche Products Ltd and Pfizer Limited. Novartis, Roche and Pfizer have not had any control or involvement in the webinars.

Setting up a MDT clinic to manage side effects of endocrine therapy

16 September 2025, 7pm

In the webinar, Nicola Stubbs and Claire Liu will share how they’ve launched a regional pilot clinic designed to provide targeted support for individuals experiencing complex or persistent side effects.

Talking to children about secondary breast cancer

23 September 2025, 7pm

In this webinar, we welcome Kate Wells from the Ruth Strauss Foundation to talk about why it’s important to prepare children and support families to talk to children about incurable cancer. They'll also talk about providing support and resources.

They’ll use parent stories throughout and there will be time to ask questions and discuss things.

Travel and travel insurance after a breast cancer diagnosis

6 October 2025, 7pm

Fiona Macrae will talk about general tips and advice for finding travel insurance as well as some top tips for travel in general, after a breast cancer diagnosis.

Fiona founded the travel insurance brand Insurancewith after being unable to get any travel insurance after her primary breast cancer diagnosis in 2005 and now lives with secondary breast cancer.

Difficult conversations and planning ahead

16 October 2025, 7pm

This webinar is the final part of our palliative care and secondary breast cancer series.

Dr Qamar Abbas will discuss about ACP, PPC/PPD, DNA-CPR, power of attorney and the impact of assisted dying bill.

CBT approaches for anxiety and worry

13 November 2025, 7pm

Kathy Burn, a CBT Therapist will introduce useful tools for managing worry and anxiety, with long experience using these tools both in CBT and in her work as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in palliative care. These will be able to be used by all healthcare professionals in order to help support patients affected by breast cancer.

Genetics and breast cancer basics

27 November 2025, 7pm

Ramsey Cutress will discuss the basics and an overview of genetics in breast cancer. The differences between inherited (germline) and tumour (somatic) genetics will be covered along with impact of family history, and application of hereditary testing and tumour genomic profiling.

Watch previous webinars

You need to be a member of our healthcare professionals hub to watch the recordings of our previous webinars. Any HCP can sign up to be a member, just fill in our form online.

Recordings of past webinars and the resources will be uploaded to the healthcare professionals hub members area around a week after the live webinar is held. You can also download a certificate of attendance and a resource sheet for each webinar in our healthcare professionals hub too.

External training and events

9th World Congress on Controversies in Breast Cancer – Latin America

September 12-13, 2025, Lima

This year the 9th World Congress on Controversies in Breast Cancer (CoBrCa) will take place at the JW Marriott Hotel in Lima, Peru from September 12-13, 2025, in partnership with leading Peruvian medical societies.

This collaboration marks a significant milestone in bringing together international expertise and local knowledge to address the most pressing challenges in breast cancer. This congress promises to foster exchange of knowledge, provide valuable networking opportunities, and enhance the global perspective on the latest advances in breast cancer treatment and research.

Innovations in the Breast Cancer Pathway

September 26, 2025, DoubleTree by Hilton Bristol City Centre

Join this event that explores the entire patient journey from initial diagnosis to treatment and ongoing care. Led by a panel of oncological experts from the NHS, as well as guest speakers Jane Murphy from Breast Cancer Now, you'll have the chance to discover innovative diagnostic tools, emerging treatment strategies and gain knowledge on how to deliver more timely, personalised care to your patients.

Beyond Cancer Study Day about living with an induced menopause

October 2, 2025 | Participatory Zoom study day

The Menopause Course are holding a repeated participatory Zoom study day about living with induced menopause.

The 18th Annual Royal Marsden Breast Cancer Meeting: Hot Topics in Breast Cancer

October 3 2025, London

This year, the Royal Marsden Hot Topics meeting will have a special focus on the multi-disciplinary approach to patient aftercare and symptom management. It will cover the latest oncology updates, integration of molecular testing into daily clinical practice and focus on the debate around loco-regional management of breast cancer, especially following neoadjuvant systemic therapy.

The meeting is open to all professionals who are involved in looking after women with breast cancer, including clinicians and senior nurses.

The Pharmacy Show

October 12-13 2025, NEC Birmingham

The Pharmacy Show 2025 conference is UK’s largest dedicated trade show and education conference designed for the community and primary care pharmacy sectors. It will provide all the tools needed to stay ahead on the latest knowledge, innovations and technology in pharmacy. From testing out new equipment, services and technology, learning from expert speakers and making strategic sector connections.

We’ll have a stand and a session so come and find out more about our services and healthcare professional offerings.

The Christie Education Centre Metastatic Breast Cancer Study Day

January 13 2026, Manchester or virtual

This study day will focus on important new approaches to the management of patients with secondary (or metastatic) breast cancer. Topics will include all aspects of the patient pathway including recent advances in systemic and local therapies for secondary breast cancer and the prevention and management of treatment toxicities.

Tickets sales end on 13 October 2025.