LCNUK Webinar - Smoking Cessation - how you can support your patients
Smoking is a lifelong on-going addiction for about a third of the people we see in our lung cancer clinics. When faced with a potential lung cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment, many patients are willing to finally quit smoking but don't know how or are scared to try, and if they do try, they go 'cold turkey' because nobody offers them any help or medicines. Going 'cold turkey' usually leads to failure and is the least effective means of quitting.
Lung cancer nurses have a fantastic opportunity to help patients quit once and for all, with some simple training and interventions which will have a major impact on pre-habilitation, treatment and survivorship. This webinar will help de-mystify smoking cessation and help you and LCNS teams feel more comfortable to address this addiction with patients and families.
Presented by Professor Sanjay Agrawal, all healthcare professionals are welcome to join this webinar and to participate in the Q&A session that will follow his presentation.
This webinar has been instigated and organised by LCNUK. The support from our corporate sponsors has allowed us to provide this valuable educational meeting free of charge to all delegates. Sponsors have had no input into the agenda or the selection of speakers.
Julia is an active member of the West Midlands Lung Cancer Forum for Nurses, stepping down from the Chair in June 2018. The West Midlands forum promotes research and innovation and encourages peer support for approximately 40 Clinical Nurse Specialists across the region.More recently the group has extended the membership to a Lung Cancer Specialist Radiographer and a Lung Cancer Research Nurse Specialist. This has allowed to look at the different roles and work more collaboratively with our tertiary centres.
In 2017 the WMLCFN launched a regional mesothelioma support group which has grown in number and provides specialist advice and support to their patients. The group is supported by Mesothelioma UK.
In 2016, Julia and her colleagues launched the Lung Support Programme at their hospital. The aim of the programme is to support Lung Cancer patients with the holistic elements of their care needs, as well introducing a physical activity facilitator to help promote their recovery from treatment. This innovation came after colleagues had learned of a similar project at the NLCFN conference in Windsor.
Julia was awarded an MA in Medical Ethics and Law from Keele University in 2007 and in 2018 completed the Non Medical Prescribing module (Wolverhampton University) in order to improve the current nurse led services offered to patients.
