About The Royal Marsden School of Cancer Nursing and Rehabilitation

For over 150 years, The Royal Marsden has been passionate about sharing its knowledge of cancer. This passion and commitment led us to develop The Royal Marsden School of Cancer Nursing and Rehabilitation, the UK's only dedicated provider of cancer education.

The School offers cancer education for a range of healthcare professionals: from those needing a general introduction to cancer care through to clinical specialists wanting a course to support them in practice.  

Our students range from those at the very beginning of their career through to cancer professionals making a difference at a national level.  Whether based in NHS or private hospitals, hospices, primary care trusts and charities, what unites our students is an interest in, and commitment to, patient care.

Whoever our students are, we want to help them to make a difference in cancer care.   We know from feedback that what our students value is that all our education programmes are taught by people actually involved in clinical practice. Uniquely, this is why all of our academic staff continue to be actively involved in patient care.    

It is also why clinical specialists from The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, the Institute of Cancer Research and other organisations are so enthusiastically involved in our programmes. Our courses may involve teaching from Clinical Nurse Specialists, Lead Therapists or Consultant Oncologists. No other cancer education provider has access to such high quality clinical specialists.

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From September 2008, we will be offering a NEW Post-Graduate Certificate in Cancer Practice for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals.   This year-long course is a great opportunity for cancer specialists to gain a Masters level qualification.

We are also pleased to announce our first module focusing specifically on the needs of the healthcare professional working in the community:

Foundations in Community Cancer Practice is an excellent course for community nurses, practice nurses, community rehabilitation therapists who wish to have a thorough educational grounding in cancer care.

If you would like to receive further information about our new courses, please email  us at school@rmh.nhs.uk. 

Have you also visited our Education and Conference Centre pages.   Our team provides a wide range of study days and conferences on all aspects of cancer care and treatment.        Our study days offer excellent value for money and many are now discounted to only £50.00!    Please click on the link below.

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