Scotland Against Cancer Conference 2006
Cancer Research Scotland
Thistle Hotel, Glasgow
22nd September 2006
Conference Report
The annual Scotland Against Cancer conference, held in Glasgow on 22 September 2006, attracted 150 delegates from across the cancer community in Scotland for a day of lively discussion and debate.
The conference focused on the future of cancer and how Scotland can prepare itself for forthcoming challenges.
The conference provided a forum for politicians and policy makers, clinicians, patients and researchers to discuss cancer policy and services, and to make recommendations for the future. Recommendations from Scotland Against Cancer play an important part in influencing discussion on cancer policy in the Scottish Parliament.
We are particularly grateful to our conference chairs, David Davidson MSP and Ken Macintosh MSP, Co-conveners of the Cross Party Group on Cancer in the Scottish Parliament, for chairing the day, and encouraging wide ranging debate on a number of issues. We are also grateful to other Scottish Parliamentarians, speakers and cancer charity representatives who supported the conference by facilitating the discussion forums.
A number of recommendations were made which we hope the Cross Party Group on Cancer in the Scottish Parliament will take forward over the next session.
The conference was organised by Cancer Research UK Scotland. We would like to thank the members of the steering group: Cancerbackup Scotland, Macmillan Cancer Support, Myeloma UK, Scottish Industry Group of the ABPI and the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care for providing advice on the agenda, and in supporting the conference. We are grateful to the Scottish Industry Group of the ABPI, Bayer HealthCare, GlaxoSmithKline, Lilly, Merck, Novartis Oncology, Ortho Biotech, Roche and Sanofi-Aventis for their generous sponsorship of the event.
Richard Davidson
Director of Policy and Public Affairs
Cancer Research UK
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