Considering and Supporting the carers of people with lung cancer | Lung Cancer Nursing UK

Considering and Supporting the carers of people with lung cancer

Thursday 31st July, 18:00 - 19:00

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Joining us for our next webinar of 2025 is Nitin Palekar. Nitin is going to share his lived experience of caring for someone with lung cancer.

Caring for someone with lung cancer involves significant physical, emotional, and practical challenges. It's crucial caregivers acknowledge their own needs, seek support, and communicate openly with their loved ones and healthcare professionals.

A caregiver for someone with advanced lung cancer has a big job to do. We will hear first hand the challenges and tips Nitin has experienced.

Exploring lived experiences of people affected by cancer is a positive step in identifying how services can be organised to meet their needs. This is an essential prerequisite to implementing integrated people-centred care which aims to put people and their communities at the centre of health systems.

All healthcare professionals are welcome to join this webinar and to participate in the Q&A session that will follow the presentation.

This webinar programme has been instigated by Lung Cancer Nursing UK. Sponsorship has been received by AstraZeneca UK Ltd to support the costs of this webinar series. AstraZeneca has had no input into the development of topics, selection of speakers or the content of the webinars

If you wish to learn more about AstraZeneca’s lung cancer brands please reach out to your local AstraZeneca Oncology Account Manager.

Speakers

  • Nitin Palekar

  • Julia McAdam

    Julia McAdam has worked as a Macmillan Lung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist in Shropshire for sixteen years. Prior to that she worked in Haematology, Oncology and as a Ward sister at her local hospice. More recently Julia undertook the role of Lead Cancer Nurse for the Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital NHS Trust. This led to numerous leadership opportunities within the Trust, and in particular the relationship that was established during 2015 with St. George's Hospital in London, as part of the NHS IQ Buddy programme.

    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.