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Nurse’s Day — Thanks Denise | Cure Leukaemia Update
Written on May 9th, 2024
This Nurses Day we’d like to say thank you to Denise.
Denise is a Haematology Research Nurse at Blackpool Teaching Hospital, whose research will benefit blood cancer patients across Lancashire and Cumbria. We’re proud to help fund Denise via our Cure Leukaemia fundraising efforts, including our London 2 Paris challenge.
Denise says,
The funding from Booths for my role as Cure Leukaemia research nurse at Blackpool teaching hospitals has already made an enormous difference. Our focus is to ensure that all Leukaemia research trials are available to our patients in Lancashire and South Cumbria and increase recruitment to these important trials to make a difference for Leukaemia patients and their families. Having a lead nurse for Leukaemia trials allows the rest of the haematology research team to focus more on other blood cancer trials, such as for lymphoma and myeloma. These trials can be complex, it takes a whole team to be involved as well as clinical areas, so having the right number of staff in this area is vital if we want our communities to be able to have the option to take part.
Being involved with patients at what must be one of the hardest and most uncertain times of their lives is something that I do not take for granted, an essential part of my role is working with trials units, consultants, the patient and clinical areas ensuring that I can do my best to make their research journey as smooth as possible. It is important that all types of data are gathered to inform us of outcomes for the patient, that data is then used and analysed to gather the best evidence to inform future care at a National, sometimes global level. Of course, we have an amazing team across our whole haematology unit and within the research department, research is an addition for our patients who already receive high-quality care.”