Dr Jeff Hanna
Lecturer in Clinical Cancer Nursing, Ulster University and South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust
Biography
Dr Jeff Hanna is a Lecturer in Clinical Cancer Nursing, which is a joint clinical academic appointment between Ulster University and South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland. Currently, Jeff's workload splits across 60% of research and teaching responsibilities at Ulster University and 40% as a registered nurse in an acute surgical unit at the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald. Jeff's research interests span across cancer care, end of life, bereavement and digital health. He has held previous academic positions at University of Oxford, University of Strathclyde and Queen's University Belfast. Jeff is a UKONS board member, a MASCC Presidential Training Fellow and an editorial advisory board member for the journal Palliative Medicine.
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Session
Friday 12 March
12:00-13:00
Compass Room
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Nursing - Towards Better Family-Centred Cancer Care: Evidence, Practice and Impact
Cancer affects the whole family, yet adults and children can experience significant unmet needs throughout the incurable cancer experience. Drawing on a programme of family-centred cancer care research, this keynote will bring together evidence, practice and impact to consider how we can better recognise and respond to the needs of families. Delegates will explore evidence on the challenges and support needs experienced by adults and children when a parent or significant caregiver has cancer, alongside the challenges health and social care professionals encounter in providing family-centred care.
The session will provide practical tools and approaches to support best practice, including how to initiate important conversations with adults about their children and family circumstances. Drawing on formal evaluations, the keynote will examine the impact of translating this evidence into clinical practice and what has been learned about supporting sustained change. It will also look ahead to emerging challenges for family-centred cancer care, including the growing role of digital health and artificial intelligence in how families access information and support, and what this means for the services and resources we provide.
Finally, the session will consider how deprivation can compound the challenges experienced by families and what is needed to ensure family-centred cancer care is equitable, accessible and responsive to those experiencing greatest need.
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