Information for professionals

This section contains information for medical, healthcare and other professionals working with or supporting a child with cancer.

Resources and guidelines

Diagnosing cancer in children and young people

Delayed diagnosis can lead to worse survival for patients and poorer long-term health for survivors. We want to ensure that all children and young people with cancer are diagnosed quickly, at an early stage of their disease.

Guidelines

We develop national clinical treatment guidelines ensuring safe, consistent and standardised care for children with cancer. CCLG members regularly review guidance and recommendations to cover all of the major children's cancers, including leukaemia.

Good practice guides

CCLG: The Children & Young People’s Cancer Association produces good practice guides for professionals working with children and young people with cancer. Our guidance provides information, advice and support for providing effective children’s or teenage…

Information for GPs

Information, guidance and resources for GPs treating children with cancer.

Outreach Information Resource

The Outreach Information Resource has been developed by CCLG to support professionals who are supporting a child with cancer in the community. The resource will also be useful for family members and friends who are supporting a child with cancer.

People networking at CCLG's annual conference

CCLG Annual Conference 2026

The UK's leading professional conference for all those working within paediatric and TYA oncology will take place on: 16-17 March 2026, at Manchester Central, Manchester, UK.
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Become a CCLG member

If you’re working in children and young people’s cancer and want to access a wide range of career, networking and learning opportunities – join CCLG today!
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Upcoming professional events

Other professional work

Career and education support

We provide resources to support professionals in their careers, to support the delivery of the best possible children and young people’s cancer services.

Service development and delivery

We develop resources to support high quality children and young people’s cancer services, including our Telephone Triage Toolkit, as well as position statements and service development resources.