Please email responses back to rsch.sscacancereducationteam@nhs.net

This application form is to be used for all requests for Cancer Navigators, Chemotherapy Nurses and Clinical Nurse Specialists. All courses must be relevant to the development journey of the individuals job role and will likely fall within cancer care. Other areas may be supported at the discretion of the Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance (SSCA) if there is an understanding of the contribution and development this will have on the individual/s.

ALL courses requested MUST start before 31 March 2026 in order to be approved in the financial year. Applications are encouraged as soon as possible.

The deadline for this application is 2 April 2025.

The funding is only to be used for courses, short courses and programmes. Study days and conferences will be rejected as unsuitable for NHS England funding. In this instance, funding should be sought from employer access to Continued Professional Development (CPD) budget available for staff.

Funding can be used for:
  • course fees (postgraduate or development programme);
  • travel, subsistence, and associated training costs;
  • training grant to support the individual's development which could for example include provision for salary support and supervision/ mentorship;
  • grants can be used to fund salary or backfill costs as part of facilitating the individual to attend the course (full details should be provided on the application form).

Further information: SSCA will use the information supplied in this survey to contact you to take part in post-programme evaluations to analyse the efficacy of and to quality assure the NHS England funded programmes. The evaluations are part of the Memorandum of Understanding between the SSCA and your organisation and must be undertaken. This post programme evaluations will only collect the IP (internet protocol) address from where it is completed. No other identifiable information will be collected in the evaluation itself and learners should not enter personal information into it.

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* 1. Full Name

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* 2. NHS Email address

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* 3. Role/ Job Title

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* 4. Agenda for change band/ grade

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* 5. Organisation/ Trust (select one only)

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* 6. Which training grant are you applying for? (select one only)

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* 7. Training Provider/ Higher Education Institute (HEI)

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* 8. Course title

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* 9. Is the course accredited?

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* 10. Course start date

Date

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* 11. Course end date

Date

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* 12. What level is this course?

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* 13. How will this course support your professional development?

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* 14. Which pillar of practice will this upskill you in? (select one)

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* 15. Which domain of ACCEND does this map to? (select the most relevant)

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* 16. Which domain on the HEE Pathway does this map to (select the most relevant option)

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* 17. What are the course fees? (please answer in pounds)

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* 18. Travel, subsistence and associated training costs (please specify)

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* 19. Other costs e.g salary support, supervision, mentorship, backfill costs (please specify)

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* 20. Total funding being claimed (Q17 + Q18 +Q19 total)

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* 21. Please confirm this course is part of your appraisal objectives for 2024/25 or 2025/26

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* 22. Please confirm that your Manager has agreed to release you for this training. Unless in exceptional circumstances, non-completion of any training may incur NHS England seeking return of some or all funding given. Your Manager must also agree to cover various other out of scope costs such as study days.

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* 23. Any other application details you wish to share

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