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  • A day in the life of a senior staff nurse

    A day in the life of a senior staff nurse

    Senior staff nurse, Katherine Fernandez describes a typical day in the ground-breaking Leukaemia UK Ambulatory Care Unit at King’s College Hospital in London Read more

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A day in the life of a lead cancer nurse

A day in the life of a lead cancer nurse

Lead cancer nurse Gavin Maynard-Wyatt was funded by Leukaemia UK for two years. Read about Gavin's work with teenage and young adults living with blood cancer Read more

Published: 4th October, 2017

Updated: 24th February, 2020

Author: Anonymised User

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Ambulatory Care Unit: 'This is the future'

Ambulatory Care Unit: 'This is the future'

Órla Stewart, Lead Nurse, Haematology, at King's College Hospital, tells us about the impact of the Leukaemia UK Ambulatory Care Unit, which enables patients to have bone marrow transplants as outpatients Read more

Published: 17th September, 2018

Updated: 24th February, 2020

Author: Anonymised User

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A day in the life of a senior staff nurse

A day in the life of a senior staff nurse

Senior staff nurse, Katherine Fernandez describes a typical day in the ground-breaking Leukaemia UK Ambulatory Care Unit at King’s College Hospital in London Read more

Published: 20th September, 2018

Updated: 24th February, 2020

Author: Anonymised User

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From Joe Wicks to lab shifts: Researching blood cancer through a pandemic

From Joe Wicks to lab shifts: Researching blood cancer through a pandemic

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Published: 7th December, 2020

Author: Amy Machin

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