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Episode 12: National CNS Day - explaining the role of a Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist
In this special episode to mark National CNS Day 2025, Steve Bland is joined by five guests to explore the role of a Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS).
In part one, Steve is joined by Kate Williams, the Macmillan Cancer CNS Development Lead, and Yvonne Beadle, from the North East London Cancer Alliance, and in part two, it's the turn of Kim Grove and Chelo Bou, Clinical Nurse Specialists from Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, and patient Peter Adams.
The CNS is a vital part of a cancer patient’s treatment, yet it's a role that is not so commonly understood…
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