E209: Noreen Hawkshaw, Prof. Laura Ashley and Jill Quinn MBE - Dementia and Cancer
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The episode discusses the intersection of dementia and cancer care with expert guests.
Trigger Warning: this episode discusses cancer, cancer treatment, dementia and health inequities. Episode 209: Part of the Education and Workforce Development series (Part 70) Description: In this powerful episode, Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara sit down with Noreen Hawkshaw, Prof. Laura Ashley and Jill Quinn MBE. Noreen Hawkshaw is a Macmillan Lead Nurse for Cancer and End of Life Care at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust. Laura Ashley is Professor of Health Psychology at Leeds Beckett University. Laura undertakes applied psychosocial health research, often using qualitative methods. Much of her work focuses on improving health care accessibility and experiences across the cancer trajectory, particularly for people with other pre-existing long-term conditions (such as dementia). She is interested in co-developing interventional strategies to optimise health care information, encounters and environments, to improve and reduce inequalities in patient-centred outcomes. Jill Quinn MBE has worked in the voluntary sector for nearly 30 years, firstly with 2 different nationals and then founding the charity Dementia Forward in 2012. CPD Reflection Points: Reflect on a…
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