Living with cancer as a long term condition: pharmacy role in treatments and survivorship
These meetings are intended for UK Healthcare Professionals and have been developed in accordance with the ABPI Code of Practice.
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| Satellite | Living with cancer as a long term condition: pharmacy role in treatments and survivorship | |||
| Speakers | Islam Elkonaissi (Lead Lung Cancer and Clinical Commissioning Support Pharmacist, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London) and Dr Jackie Lewis (Pharmacist Director, Lewis Pharmacy, Exmouth, Devon) | |||
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Understanding your cancer patients and the challenges of survivorship The remarkable progress in cancer medicine has changed the negative outlook of cancer diagnosis. With the progressive transition of cancer from a fatal disease to a chronic disease, there is a need for pharmacy to support survivorship at every stage of the patient journey. This session will guide you through advances in cancer treatment, challenge you to view survivorship through a patient’s perspective and empower you to make a difference. Primary care perspective of living with cancer This presentation will explore the contact points of a patient on the cancer pathway with primary care, from pre-diagnosis to focussing on living with, and beyond, cancer. It will showcase the work done to date locally in Devon with community pharmacy teams and explore the opportunities for primary care professionals to become involved in the cancer pathway. The presentation will also be an opportunity for those working outside of primary care (i.e. in secondary or tertiary care, commissioners or otherwise shaping the NHS) to see the type of interactions and the potential for helping patients on the cancer journey and when it becomes a long-term condition. This session will be chaired by Helen Benson, Interim Chief Pharmacist, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London. | ||||
