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
Work stream co-leads: Lucy Eldridge, Associate Lead of Therapies and Head of Dietetics at The Royal Marsden and Education Officer of the BDA Oncology Specialist Group; Elisa Mills, Quality Lead for Cancer Services at Nuffield Health and member of the UK Oncology Nursing Society
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
Dr Carol Granger – Researcher, University of Westminster
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