Sleep is a basic human requirement. If you’re not getting enough but can’t pinpoint why, use the sleep diary from The Sleep Charity. You could find it’s as simple as tweaking your bedtime routine to help you drift off into peaceful slumber 👉 bit.ly/3DPsAgS #Sleeptember

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the expenditure on supporting people to have a good QoL during/after cancer treatment was increasing at the same rate as the expenditure on these drugs. #LivingWithAndBeyondCancer #CancerQualityOfLife

Lesley Smith 💙 Toxicity is increasing we don’t have the expertise either Ashling Lillis Hilary Williams in the wider system double so when given with palliative intent … at least

Ollie Minton Lesley Smith 💙 Ashling Lillis And we need to know more about benefits and risks in older people & the many with multiple health problems. Ollie Minton Ricky Frazer RCP Cymru Wales UK Acute Oncology Society

Lesley Smith 💙 Well said. And most of the effective interventions on their quality of life (nutrition, mindfulness, exercise oncology specialists, integrative services) are on average less expensive. They just need time, listening and dedicated HCPs. MASCC Society for Integrative Oncology

Nurse led multidisciplinary model of care in older patients with cancer. Very positive results in the 6month assessment. The model increased the number of patients undergone geriatric screening #WCS2024 IASLC Shalini Vinod Darcy Burbage, DNP, RN, AOCN

Our Breast Cancer Team have teamed with Breast Cancer Now to set up a support group for people with living with secondary breast cancer. Want to find out more? Come and say hello at the drop-in coffee morning on the 17th Oct. Details👇Helen Bradlow Tim Wright West Midlands Cancer Alliance

With remarkable advancements in cancer care and treatments, more people are living longer with the cancer Our Personalised Cancer Care MIG is dedicated to helping nurses provide support for those living with and beyond cancer ukons.org/members-intere… #PersonalisedCancerCare #UKONS

Patient related outcome measures (PROMs) in long term conditions—is it time to bring them into routine clinical practice? | The BMJ yes 👏🏻 obvs #proms ⁦Macmillan Cancer Support⁩ bmj.com/content/386/bm…

Yesterday I took my last Letrozole. Mastectomy & chemo age 45, Tamoxifen for 8 yrs then 5 of Letrozole. I hope that’s it. Raising a glass to my mother ❤️ (died of bowel cancer) & her mother ❤️ (died of breast cancer) & my Gt, GtGt & GtGtGt Grandmothers who all died of cancer ❤️

Prof Michael Jefford Macmillan Cancer Support Felt timely and reading Lesley Smith 💙 tweet #proms are becoming a must do Not just something to aspire to The BMJ

Lesley Smith 💙 Huge moment Lesley. Incredibly powerful hearing of your family. I hope that's it too. I hear you, I'm thinking of you and I'm sending hugest hug. You have done so very much over the years raising awareness to #livingwithandbeyondcancer Impacts of. Thank you! ❤

Final call to join our Personalised Care Showcase event on Tues, 17 September! A day of sharing success and ideas plus a chance to network. For those working to improve the lives of cancer patients. Book here 👇 ow.ly/pEkn50ThfOt Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership NHS Sussex News FrimleyHealth&CareICS

Ollie Minton Macmillan Cancer Support Yes obvs! But what platform? Competing platforms being developed and seemingly no strategic oversight or planning - micro/meso/macro. Also some centres doing well and advanced but no transferability between centres. #DogsDinner?

#AlliedHealthProfessionals are invited to join us and Greater Manchester Cancer Academy on National AHP Day for a special webinar exploring the four levels of practice for AHPs in cancer care. 14th October at 12:00 - 13:00. Register your place: bit.ly/46QMXb4 #AHPsDay #GMCancerAHPs

People with advanced/metastatic cancer are an emerging heterogenous group of cancer survivors #ECRS Key takeaways re improving care: ❓clear regular prognosis discussions 📋 routine ax of concerns/unmet needs + ref to #supponc 🌟new models of care with #survonc #palliative care

The paradigm that cancer care is only about diagnosis and treatment will never change unless these kinds of educational charts become patient centred. What’s matters most to the person at the heart of all those boxes & lines? How will they be helped to live the life they want?

Lesley Smith 💙 Same old. Medical model predominates. Patient voice unheard. Perpetual disappointment