Useful Links

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

NICE offers evidence-based guidelines and advice for practitioners in health, public health and social care.

For further information on NICE guidance for Cancer, please CLICK HERE.

National SACT Consent Forms

The All Wales SACT Group endorse the National SACT Consent Forms hosted on the CRUK Website.

The Wales representatives for the National Consent Form Steering Group are Dr Rosie Roberts (Velindre NHS Trust) and Simon Waters (Velindre NHS Trust).

UK Chemotherapy Board

The UK Chemotherapy Board has representation from the following National bodies:

• The Association of Cancer Physicians (ACP)
• The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR)
• The Royal College of Physicians (RCP)
• The Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath)
• The UK Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS)
• The British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA)

The Wales representative for the UK Chemotherapy Board is Dr Catherine Bale (Betsi Cadwaladr UHB).

Current workstreams include:

• Chemotherapy consent forms and related documents
• Hepatitis B testing
• Intrathecal Chemotherapy Standards
• National SACT protocols
• Standards for Reducing Risks Associated with Electronic Prescribing
• Steroid prophylaxis for immunotherapy
• National consensus on validity periods of blood tests and threshold values
• Extravasation