Today I’m marking 35 years of caring for patients and families in Sheffield and beyond. Sheffield has been my professional home for 35 years, and Weston Park Cancer Centre has been at the heart of that journey. #35Years #NHS #Nursing #LateEffects #CancerSurvivorship #ClinicalResearch #Sheffield

A huge honour to be made FRCN - will keep pushing for the best services and care for patients and for our nursing profession...!

She died in binary. That’s dedication. RIP.

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Happy International Women’s Day to all of the phenomenal women on the NMC register.

"The number of women in our profession is a huge strength." This #InternationalWomensDay, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger reflects on the outstanding contribution that women have made - and continue to make - to nursing and health care. Read more ➡️ buff.ly/s9yNlZb

Thank you everyone that responded! Letters have gone to 88% of MPs! Can you help? It takes less than a minute to @protectnurse anyone eligible to vote in the UK can do

Read our latest paper with @marytanay.bsky.social and Nellie Kumaralingam on the impact of immunotherapy on cancer nursing here: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

The analysis is “unique in that we evaluated participants who began their treatment with robust functional status, demonstrating the association of treatment toxicities with functional decline is not limited to those already experiencing deficits.” #LivingWithAndBeyondCancer

Clare Doney, Northern CA #QoLShare&Learn talking about the use of the national #CancerQualityOfLife survey data to guide improvements in psychosocial support, sleep, fatigue and menopause 🙌

A privilege to hear from Richard Berman and Helen Hyndman about the the development of Supportive Oncology #SuppOnc services in England 🙌👏 and how patient outcomes are significantly improving as well as better use of NHS resource

Powerful talk from Yvonne Anderson about the NE project on pelvic radiotherapy late effects with patient coproduction and crediting @prda.org.uk 🫶. Huge increase in awareness of #PelvicRadiationDisease through the work of the project but ambitious to achieve a lot more 👏

Key messages from @lesleysmith.bsky.social : #LWBC & #QoL remain on the national agenda Many improvements evidenced through metrics More work to do such as #CancerPrehab and #PhysicalActivity Co production key to all improvement plans Use your voice: submit your evidence to the cancer plan!!

Really looking fwd to the Northern Cancer Alliance event today 14Feb on #CancerQualityOfLife. Brilliant work happening in NCA thanks to Clare Doney & many others. Fantastic speakers incl @greenfieldd.bsky.social I aim to live post! First time doing so on BlueSky 🩵🔵💙

About to get underway at the Northern Cancer Alliance #CancerQualityOfLife event, with an excellent programme 👍👏 Have got 2 talks to do, with my 2 hats 🎩 🧢 (day job with NHS England and as trustee of @prda.org.uk)

@lesleysmith.bsky.social presenting the national context for #LivingWithAndBeyondCancer as part of cancer alliance work here at The Northern Cancer Alliance Share and Learn event in Durham

First refugee nurses graduate from pilot in South Yorkshire A programme that supports refugee nurses to pass their qualifications, join the register and start working in the NHS has seen its first cohort graduate. #nursing #regulation #yorkshire #refugee #nhs www.nursingtimes.net/global-nursi...

Cancer team 'allowed me to dream I had a future' Check out the @BBCNews article about our Late Effects Screening Service, who support #cancer patients like Olwen to manage the long term side effects of their treatment www.bbc.com/news/article...

The closest I got to #Reykjavik this Christmas having been denied boarding. This Prize Plonker was unaware of the "3-months' expiry date prior to the actual expiry date" #Brexit rule. So instead it's @Iceland's bargains whilst the Blue Lagoon/Northern Lights/Golden Circle remains a pipe dream...😭

“Our findings confirm the importance of risk-based long-term follow-up care for lymphoma survivors and possibly survivors of other cancers treated with doxorubicin” Important considerations for #AYA individuals living beyond their initial treatment #oncsky #oncnsgsky ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/...

A call to action for #oncologynurses #oncsky #pallsky #oncnsgsky @realbowtiedoc.bsky.social @dianescheuring.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The BBC have kindly shared the video of the breakfast show this morning. I've already had a few patients say how lovely it is to see something about their conditions, and their multiple generations of families in the wider media. #bleedingdisorders youtube.com/watch?v=Et74...

Today in the #LateEffectsClinic Radiation-induced: carotid artery stenosis osteonecrosis of jaw nerve damage to peroneal nerve breast cancer hyperparathyroidism #LivingWithAndBeyondCancer #CancerSurviorship #anticipatorycare #complexcasemanagement #silentepidemic

"Lower turnover rates for nurses and senior doctors at hospital level were associated with better health outcomes for patients with emergency hospital admissions." The question for me is why we have to keep spelling this out. www.bmj.com/content/387/...

Saying hello 👋 I'm interested in #LateEffects #LivingWithAndBeyondCancer #CancerSurvivorship Also #ResearchCapacityBuilding #ClinicalAcademicPractice opportunities for #Nurses #Midwives & #AHPs - raising standards of care! Interested to connect, engage and learn here Say hi! 👋

Immediate improvement in patient care: Auditing adherence to the British Society for Haematology guidelines on screening and management of the long‐term consequences of multiple myeloma and treatment onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...