Creating a skilled community of practice
This work stream aims to establish better working relations between professional groups and to encourage and facilitate information sharing between the cancer and nutrition communities
Chair: Lucy Eldridge, Associate Lead of Therapies and Head of Dietetics at The Royal Marsden and Education Officer of the BDA Oncology Specialist Group
Members:
Professor Ramsey Cutress – Professor of Breast Surgery, Southampton University BRC
Mhairi Donald – Macmillan Consultant Dietitian, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust
Lucy Eldridge – Dietetic Team Leader – Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Mr Niall Finnegan – Postgraduate Researcher, Sheffield Hallam University
Dr Carol Granger – Researcher, University of Westminster
Elisa Mills, Quality Lead for Cancer Services at Nuffield Health and member of the UK Oncology Nursing Society
Victoria Iyamide Nnatuanya – Patient/public representative
Dr Justin Roe – Clinical Service Lead – Speech & Language Therapy, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Joint Head of Department of Speech & Language Therapy, the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Jill Scott – Dietitian and Macmillan Learning & Development Manager for Bristol, Bath and Somerset, and Gloucestershire Next Steps Project
Professor Robert Thomas – Consultant Oncologist, Bedford and Addenbrooke’s Cambridge University Hospitals
Professor Martin Wiseman, Medical and Scientific Advisor, WCRF UK
Dr Catherine Zollman – Macmillan GP Cancer Lead for Bristol CCG and Clinical Lead, Penny Brohn UK
Creating a skilled community of practice - Work Stream Action Plan: Click to Download
Creating a skilled community of practice work stream - February 2018 progress report
Publications
Murphy, J. L., Munir, F., Davey, F., Miller, L., Cutress, R., White, R., Lloyd, M., Roe, J., Granger, C., Burden, S., & Turner, L. (2021). The provision of nutritional advice and care for cancer patients: a UK national survey of healthcare professionals. Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 29(5), 2435–2442. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-020-05736-y