Acute Oncology Service

Key Staff

Consultants

Dr Jill Noble, Consultant Medical Oncologist (Breast and AOS)

Tel: CUH: 0208 401 3000 (extension 5726, Bleep: 946) RMH: 0207 352 8171 ext 3371

Email: jillian.noble@rmh.nhs.uk

Dr Stefania Redana Consultant Medical Oncologist (AOS &Breast) – The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust: Breast Unit, Oak

cancer centre, Sutton. Tel 0207 352 8171 ext 3371 Email: stefania.redana@rmh.nhs.uk

Nursing team

Gill Fisher – AOS Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Jo Davies – AOS Clinical Nurse Specialist
Emma Cottier – AOS Clinical Nurse Specialist
Belle Nnorom – AOS/Metastatic Breast Clinical Nurse Specialist
Katherine Coulson AOS Clinical Nurse Specialist
Marian Russell AOS Administrator CUH

Acute Oncology Service Tel: 0208 401 3000 Ext 5726 Email: mhn-tr.aoscroydon@nhs.net

About Acute Oncology Service (AOS)

The Acute Oncology Service is nurse led, supported by two medical Oncologists on four mornings a week, ensuring that patients who are acutely unwell as a result of their cancer or treatment, receive prompt review and care in the most appropriate setting.

Acute Oncology Services aim to provide a co-ordinated approach to the care of cancer patients attending as an emergency or who are admitted

to hospital with any of the following presentations:

Inpatients whom a first cancer diagnosis is suspect in an emergency settings
Patients with known cancer who present as an emergency with acute complications as a result of non-surgical treatment, including systemic anti cancer treatment e.g. chemotherapy or immunotherapy.
Patients with known cancer who are acutely unwell because of the disease itself.

The team liaises closely with our oncologists, multi-disciplinary teams (MDT) and other specialist nursing teams to provide the best possible experience for our patients.

They also:

Provides expert clinical advice to colleagues within the wider MDT clinical teams who are medically responsible for looking after cancer patients during a period of acute admission
Offers support and advice to patients and their families to help them make decisions about their treatment during an acute episode of illness
Provides expert assessment and assists in ensuring that all cancer patients have a robust care plan relating to the management of their disease
Helps facilitate an early discharge from hospital wherever possible
Works with colleagues in the community to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions