How to maintain optimal patient safety and wellbeing is a constant concern and priority for healthcare professionals. At the UK Oncology Forum (OF) 2018, held in Liverpool, UK, Verna Lavender, PhD, PGCHTE, BSc(Hons), RGN, from Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK, discusses how to manage the care and safety of patients receiving systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT). Maintaining outstanding patient care requires education on all the varied biological and pharmacological features of different drugs, in order to provide appropriate care for side effects, as well as keeping staff cared for too.