Congratulations to Anne McTiernan and Jo Coleman on winning Sarcoma UK’s inaugural Shining Star award

Winning the award - Sarcoma Healthcare Professionals Innovation and Excellence – CNS London Sarcoma Service, The National Sarcoma Educational Programme. Jo and Anne had the vision of sharing a regular in-house education session to bring sarcoma nurses and doctors together. These monthly sessions have seen a broad range of speakers and experts in the sarcoma field from other sarcoma units, charities and researchers sharing their knowledge.

https://sarcoma.org.uk/get-involved/sarcoma-healthcare-professionals-innovations-and-excellence/ 

Well done to all the recipients of the awards please see below for picture :

Also to highlight one of our very own who was a finalist in addition.

Abby McCarthy, Highly Specialist Orthopaedic Oncology Physiotherapist, RNOH

Abby has revolutionised allied health professionals in surveillance clinic. Due to her extensive background in sarcoma, Abby can give better guidance to patients about long-term functional outcomes and provide high quality referrals to Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital physiotherapists, local physiotherapist and lymphoedema clinics. Abby has changed the boundaries of how physiotherapists work, with her focus always being on improving the experience for the sarcoma patient.

The London sarcoma service is working to provide the best service for its patients.