This is the Twitter page of the National Lead Cancer Nurses Forum. It is linked to the UK Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS)

UK Lead Cancer Nurses retweeted
Happy National Cancer CNS Day! 💙A big thank you to ⁦@chemohero⁩ for this lovely video, celebrating our CNS’s ⁦@RoyalDevonNHS⁩ #CNSValue #NationalCancerCNSDay
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Tomorrow, join us in celebrating #NationalCancerCNSDay
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UK Lead Cancer Nurses retweeted
Why culturally competent care matters: it improves patient outcomes, satisfaction, and trust in healthcare systems.
'Cultural awareness in nursing isn’t just an optional skill, it’s a necessity' nursingtimes.net/students/cu…
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Hot off the press! Get involved. The annual celebration of the work of the Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist across the UK. @UKONSmember @alisonleary1 @CancerLead @macmillancancer @RCNcancer_forum @GMCancerAcademy @NHSEngland #ACCEND
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Replying to @WestM61
@WestM61 addresses the need for Compassionate Leadership in health care. Compassion is the core value of health care and is central to its effectiveness. @UKONSmember @macmillancancer @CancerLead #UKONS24
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The fabulous @BarrottLisa getting delegates excited about research with her talk on how to get involved in research and what more needs to be done to encourage more nursing research @UKONSmember #UKONS2024 @CancerLead
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It was great to hear from @Duncan_CNO about the valuable role he sees all 13,400 cancer nurses play in healthcare, the important contribution of ACCEND plus the opportunities offered by genomics, digitalisation and research #UKONS2024
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Another clutch of research projects pulled from our poster submissions and asked to present. Super quality. @nursGK704, Zoe Clothier from @UniOfSurrey Ciara Chomhall from @nursemidwifeUoG @susy_pramod from @TheChristieNHS @macmillancancer @CancerLead #UKONS24 @GMCancerAcademy
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Replying to @Duncan_CNO
@Duncan_CNO addresses #UKONS2024 talking about the importance of personalised care and medicine and the contribution of cancer nursing.
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Really excellent 'quick -fire' sessions drawn from our poster presentations. Hugely impressed with variation and standard @Kirsten_McG @LA_Charlesworth @helenFoulser @trmeducation @kayalbell12 @nursGK704 @mmamynurse @MyelomaUK @UofGlasgow @macmillancancer @CancerLead #UKONS24
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Yes.....fabulous first meeting Vicki. Well chaired!
Great @CancerLead meeting today Thank you to our presenters definitely, sparked conversation & food for thought especially around the Macmillan Domestic Abuse toolkit, PSFU & prehab @LesleyLesleys @Junedavis44 @claire_taylor22 @DaBell5 @macmillancancer #nurseleaders @UKONSmember
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Great to work with @AOlssonBrown, Hala Gjoz, @Roche and @MA_Healthcare on this publication. A 'how to' guide on switching to subcutaneous atezolizumab. @BJNursing @RBNHSFT @ThamesV_Cancer @UKONSmember @CancerLead
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Great to support @macmillancancer and eat cake at the same time. This is the amazing event @RBNHSFT in the Berkshire Cancer Centre. Thanks to the team running it! #macmillancoffeemorning @ThamesV_Cancer @UKONSmember @CancerLead @claire_taylor22 @CEO_RBFT
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We had a great #boardmeeting yesterday, the last f2f meeting with some of our long-standing board members and a welcome to some of our new ones! Very grateful for all the hard work and dedication these #cancernurses have given to our organisation See you at #UKONSConference2024
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Looks great....pity I couldn't be there! @UKONSmember @macmillancancer @CRUK_Policy @ThamesV_Cancer @CancerLead
⭐️Massive thanks to our @CEO_RBFT Steve McManus & Chief Nurse Katie Prichard-Thomas @ktpt1507 for stopping by despite their busy schedule to speak to us about 🧬#GenomicsAtRoyalBerks. Grateful to @RBNHSFT & CaS_Genomics colleagues who helped organise the event. ⭐️
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At #ESMO2024 + #EONS17 🇪🇺🇮🇪 Our Irish oncology contingent @IANOCancerNurse came together at #ESMO2024 to acknowledge @FurlongEileen and her “Lifetime Achievement Award”. Eileen’s contribution to cancer nursing education and development is immense - thank you from us all! 👏🏼
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Replying to @FaithfullProf
@FaithfullProf runs through the evidence relating to rehabilitation in radiotherapy. 'rehabilitation is just as effective as novel therapies in cancer care....but oncologists do not tend to refer' @UKONSmember #ESMO24 #EONS @macmillancancer @CancerLead @cancernurseEU @CR_UK
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Replying to @profdkelly
@profdkelly talks about HPV vaccination and its links with cervical cancer. Cervical cancers are 99.8 preventable. A 2021 study that cervical cancer has been virually eliminated in women born since September 1995 in the UK. @UKONSmember @MerryTea #EONS17 #ESMO24 @CancerLead
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Replying to @angkassianos
@angkassianos presents take-home messages when nurses are trying to bring about health behaviour change. Remember, nurses are in a great position to effect behaviour change at the clinical level. @UKONSmember @macmillancancer @CancerLead @cancernurseEU #ESMO23 #UKONS17
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