Short Programmes
Our free programmes are aimed at all health professionals
working in prostate cancer care.
This has been such a brilliant programme covering areas that NHS training doesn’t cover.
Thursday 27 March: Faster Diagnosis Standard Programme welcome event
Tuesday 1 April: Faster Diagnosis Standard Programme module 1
Wednesday 30 April- Thursday 1st May: Faster Diagnosis Standard Programme module 2 and 3
Monday 5 May: Inequality in Prostate Cancer Care Programme applications open
Sunday 13 July: Inequality in Prostate Cancer Care Programme applications close
Wednesday 16 July: Faster Diagnosis Standard Programme module 4
Addressing Inequality and Inequity in Prostate Cancer Care.
A brand new programme coming in May 2025!
What is a short programme?
Our short programmes are aimed at clinicians working across the UK who want to drive shorter (20 week) change improvement projects in their organisation. Throughout these 20 weeks, you'll be taught how to implement change during challenging professional surroundings, how to collaborate effectively with your colleagues and how to make your changes sustainable.
After delivering successful programmes looking at purely at leadership and change management, we've begun to identify and support specific areas of the pathway through targeted improvement programmes such active surveillance protocols, sexual wellbeing and end of life care.
You'll attend an evening welcome event (7-9pm), two virtual modules (9am-12pm) and two modules at one residential stay (day 1 module 2, overnight stay, day 2 module 3) over the course of a short programme, completing a short survey about your project and your experience.
Our programmes are aimed at any health professional working along the prostate cancer pathway, no leadership experience is necessary!
Our 2024 courses
In 2024 we ran three short programmes which were attended by clinicians from across the UK and which have directly impacted 3,500 men, whilst creating driven leaders in prostate cancer care.
Urology Clinical Leads: March- June
- Focus on leadership, professional development and change management skills.
Primary Care: April- September
- Supported those working in/with primary care to implement projects: awareness of PSA testing and community engagement, improving GP referral quality to create 'delay free' cancer journeys.
- Involved a cardio-vascular risks presentation by Clinical Champion Dr Tharshini Ramalingam.
Sexual Wellbeing: September- February 2025
- Provided clinicians with appropriate language and confidence to talk to men and their partners about their sexual-wellbeing, helping them navigate sex during and after treatment.
- Involved presentations and workshops with our Specialist Nurses.
Since 2019, a variety of short programmes have developed over 220 clinicians; impacting nearly 75,000 patients, their families and numerous Trusts all over the UK.
You can shine with any project if you apply the right tools each step of the way and spend some time trying to orientate yourself and re-focus around any challenges.
If you'd like to discuss our short programmes, please contact the Improvement Programmes Team.
Our Prostate Cancer UK Improvement Programmes are partly funded by grants from Astellas Pharma Ltd, Bayer UK and Roche Products Ltd. However, none of these organisations have any influence over the educational content of the programmes.
