Work ongoing/completed
Ongoing projects include the recent development of Guidance Documents for Occupational Therapists in the Management of Breast and Lung Cancers, which will be going out for consultation shortly.
The group has also organised an Oncology & Palliative Care Study Day for Occupational Therapists through the Allied Health Professions Centre for Professional Development. The study day will be held in the Belfast Castle on Wednesday 1st March 2006 and is open to all occupational therapists either working in oncology and palliative care or with a special interest in this clinical area.
The objectives of the study day are:
- Increase awareness of standardised assessments, outcome measures and models of practice appropriate to this specialist area of clinical practice
- Improve skills in documentation and recording of intervention and outcomes in a clinical area that does not always fit into the traditional rehabilitative model
- Increase understanding of the implications of body image issues and the role of the Occupational Therapist in addressing these issues
- Provide an opportunity for networking and support for Occupational Therapists working in this field
- Increase Occupational Therapists' motivation and confidence in working in this challenging clinical area
- Provide an opportunity to share best practice in oncology and palliative care
Provisional programme (7KB 
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Down and Lisburn Trust Multidisciplinary Palliative Care Team
Following a Trust wide training needs analysis of palliative care, Down and Lisburn Trust Multidisciplinary Palliative Care Team have developed a 3 day training programme and have embarked on the 2nd roll out of this multiprofessional training programme to all staff within the Trust.
For further details of this programme please contact:
Bronagh Lynch
Specialist OT in Palliative Care
Down and Lisburn HSST
Palliative Care Team
South Wing
Lagan Valley Hospital
Hillsborough Road
Lisburn BT28 1JP
Email: palliative_careteam@dltrust.n-i.nhs.uk
Tel: 02892665141 ext 2351
Fax: 02892501253
North and West Belfast Health and Social Services Trust (N&WBHSST)
A Baseline Audit of Occupational Therapy Services for Cancer and Palliative Care Clients in N&WBHSST was completed in June 2005.
The objectives of the audit were:
- To review the current Occupational Therapy Service provision in oncology and oncology related palliative care within the Community Occupational Therapy Service in North & West Belfast Health & Social Services Trust
- To identify the range of occupational therapy interventions in oncology and palliative care
- To investigate current methods of recording occupational therapy activity both direct and non-direct client related, in oncology and palliative care
- To identify the specific needs of this client group and highlight any unmet needs within occupational therapy services for this client group
- To establish the proportion of time occupational therapists spend in meeting the needs of this client group
- To carry out a trend analysis of equipment and adaptations provision for this client group
- To form a baseline from which to establish best occupational therapy practice in oncology and palliative care
For further information please contact:
Paula Kealey
Specialist OT in Palliative Care
North and West Belfast HSST
Crumlin Road Health Centre
Crumlin Road
Belfast
BT14 6AP
Tel: 0289074118
Email: paula.kealey@nwb.n-i.nhs.uk
Belfast City Hospital Trust
As part of the basic grades rotation in oncology it is required that a literature review / audit / service development report be completed. To date a number of these have been completed including the role of OT in body image, breathlessness, return to work, lymphoedema, relaxation and brain tumours.
Should anyone be interested in learning more about these projects contact: nicola.evans@bch.n-i.nhs.uk
Guidelines in the management of Malignant Spinal Cord Compression: nicola.evans@bch.n-i.nhs.uk
Occupational Therapy intevention for cancer related fatigue management: nicola.evans@bch.n-i.nhs.uk
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