British Oncology Pharmacy Association

BOPA is delighted to announce the publication of TRANScribing: Clinical considerations for safe and inclusive prescribing for transgender and non-binary patients in collaboration with OUTpatients.

As an exciting addition to the conference, we invite you all to participate in one of our interactive sessions on the Sunday morning
https://www.bopa.org.uk/round-table-discussion-at-bopa2024/

Have you registered? Don’t miss out on the early bird discount https://www.bopa.org.uk/latest-Conference-2024/

Do you know BOPA are offering (in collaboration with Gilead) 16 funded places to attend in Birmingham on the 11th - 13th October?
These places are available for PAID members
Closing date for applications: 31st July
For more info, click
bopa.org.uk/the-bopa-train…

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Do you know that BOPA Fellowships are OPEN for Nominations?

There is a clear nomination & selection process including specific criteria for assessing the nominated individuals.
For more info on please click the link

Closes: 31ST JULY 2024

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NEW for 2024
The ⭐️’Above and Beyond’ ⭐️ Award is to celebrate achievements of BOPA members that often go unnoticed
We want to celebrate those who deserve recognition for how hard they work for pts & colleagues
Please take the time to nominate
https://www.bopa.org.uk/new-for-2024-bopa-above-beyond-award-nominations-open/

📣📅 Registration for the to course London 2024 opens on Wed 17 July.

Interested delegates are advised to secure study leave approval from their employers prior to registration.

For more info visit the page:

BOPA Introduction to Oncology Course 2024 - BOPA This page is about the British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA) and describes its objective, mission statements, executive committee and subcommittees.

Publication update – National Guidance on consent for SACT. The guidance on consent for SACT has been reviewed, updated and added to the CRUK website.

The guidance can be found at www.cruk.org/sact_consent Please share this update within your clinical teams.

https://www.bopa.org.uk/publication-update-national-guidance-on-consent-for-sact/

Consent forms for SACT (Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy) Standardised SACT regimen-specific consent forms for Clinicians and healthcare professionals involved with consenting and treating patients with SACT.

CANCER AND SEXUAL HEALTH SURVEY

Link to survey: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=slTDN7CF9UeyIge0jXdO47zw8DeHc4lHi82EjtfPgutUMTdDRUcwR0I1TVJHRlo3M1BGM0ozVkhPVS4u

We are undertaking a survey to review sexual well-being views and practices of specialist nurses and pharmacists caring for haemato-oncology patients. Please can we emphasise we are not referring to fertility in this context.

Sexual health is defined as a “state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity”.

A cancer diagnosis and starting cancer treatment, including systemic anti-cancer therapy treatment side effects can have a huge impact on patient sexual well-being.

We would be grateful if you could complete the short survey. Survey should not take more then 10 minutes to complete.

Do you know there are only 2 weeks left for abstract submission to the 27th Annual BOPA Conference ?
Authors should submit via the BOPA website by midnight Sunday 7th July 2024
Don't miss out!
https://www.bopa.org.uk/abstract-submission-the-27th-annual-bopa-conference-in-2024/

A peer-reviewed article has been published in the Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice (JOPP) showing that there are overall knowledge gain for Oncology Pharmacy Professionals after attending BOPA’s Introduction to Oncology course

BOPA Introduction to Oncology Course Research Published - BOPA The BOPA Introduction to Oncology Course Improves Knowledge of Oncology Pharmacy Professionals.   A peer-reviewed article has been published on the Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice (JOPP) showing that there…

The next UK Pharmacists Group Education meeting in on Friday 28th June at 1pm
We would be delighted if as many of you as possible could join us for this meeting
For more info, the agenda & zoom links click the link
https://www.bopa.org.uk/agenda-finalised-uk-bmt-pharmacists-group-educational-meeting/

has reached a milestone of over 5000 downloads worldwide!
Thank you to our amazing community for your support & engagement
Stay tuned for more episodes- plenty of exciting content coming your way!
https://www.bopa.org.uk/bopa-podcast-milestone/

BOPA are offering (in collaboration with Gilead) 16 funded places to attend in Birmingham on the 11th - 13th October
These places are available for PAID members
Closing date for applications: 31st July
For more information, click the link
https://www.bopa.org.uk/the-bopa-training-and-development-grant-bopa-conference-2024/

🚨SAVE THE DATE 🚨
BOPA Introduction to Oncology Course returns to London on 4th & 5th Nov 2024

Information on registration will be released soon
https://www.bopa.org.uk/save-the-date-bopa-introduction-to-oncology-course-returns-to-london/

To celebrate month BOPA Research Committee has organised a further
Vulnerable groups as caregivers (women, LGBTQ, Indigenous populations)
Date: Wednesday 19th June 2024
Time: 6-7pm
Speaker: The Care Plan
https://www.bopa.org.uk/my-research-webinar-vulnerable-groups-as-caregivers-women-lgbtq-indigenous-populations/

🚨LAUNCH of BOPA Level 1 SACT training to support the development of staff who are not routinely involved with / management of patients but may come across SACT in a dispensary or in aseptics

TWO options are provided:
An e-learning package that is available to FREE associate members of BOPA
A PowerPoint slide deck that is available to PAID BOPA members – for use as the basis of a teaching session



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UK Oncology Forum 2024 Oncology Forum is Thurs 13th & Fri 14th June in Brighton

BOPA has a breakout session at the event: Collaborating to Provide Equity in Care for People with Cancer
Live Through This

For more info & to register

https://www.bopa.org.uk/bopa-breakout-session-at-2024-uk-oncology-forum/

Due to an unforeseeable technical issue, we had to reschedule our Celebrate Webinar
New date: Thursday 13th June at 1pm BST
https://www.bopa.org.uk/new-date-bopa-celebrate-pride-month-webinar/

Join BOPA’s Celebrate Month Webinar on 6th June 2024 at 1pm UK time
Clinical considerations for the safe & effective prescribing for trans individuals living with cancer
Speakers: Stewart O’Callaghan OutpatientsUK Live Through This
Mariachiara D’Elia & Shereen Nabhani-Gebara
https://www.bopa.org.uk/bopa-celebrate-pride-month-webinar-6th-june-2024/

Have you registered yet for in Birmingham?
Early bird discount available until Monday 16th September
Abstract submission is open until 7th July - a great chance to share your work & get published in a suppl to JOPP
https://www.bopa.org.uk/latest-Conference-2024/

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN for the UK SACT Board Annual Conference in London on Thursday 28th November 2024

https://www.bopa.org.uk/uk-sact-board-conference-november-2024-registration-open/

Pharmacy Technical Services Careers and Occupational Risk Survey - closes 7th June
Please consider completing this survey if you haven’t done so already, further info in the link👇🏻

Pharmacy Technical Services Careers and Occupational Risk Survey - BOPA On behalf of the Hospital Pharmacy Modernisation Team, NHS England We would be grateful for your support in cascading this message to your technical services managers and teams and encouraging…

The research subcommittee have produced a position statement regarding BOPAs contribution to supporting pharmacy professionals in joint clinical and research ( clinical academic roles) which is available on BOPA website.

BOPA Members have been appointed as Fellows of Royal Pharmaceutical Society
BOPA Chair Joe Williams & Nicola Stoner
Congratulations to both of you!
https://www.bopa.org.uk/bopa-members-honoured-as-fellows-of-royal-pharmaceutical-society/
https://www.rpharms.com/about-us/news/details/new-rps-fellows-may-2024

Are you aware that “Grandparenting Clause” of our Digital SACT Verification Passport is only available until November 30th 2024?
We encourage all staff who intend to grandparent themselves within the Passport, to do so prior to this deadline
https://www.bopa.org.uk/bopa-sact-verification-passport-grandparenting-reminder/