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Its a highly professional medical role, but theres more to it than that. phil knows that at this point, anns needs are not simply medical. if there is anything i can get foryou, and i mean anything, a bacon butty, a cream cake, a newspaper, just let me know. youre a star. clearly phil is special. rare, too, thought to be the only male cns in the country dedicated to secondary cancer. dedicated to patients like ann. i get up and come to work to fight for peoples mums, peoples sisters, peoples wiv...

Been no national record ofjust how many patients, mostly women, have secondary breast cancer. now, finally, the nhs will fund a scheme to get those stats in england and wales. we are planning your treatment. and its important stuff. i think it is a game changer, because by knowing how many women are living with secondary breast cancer, we can design our services better. we know how to plan forward, how many specialist nurses we need, how to plan our chemo units. what doesnt change is that behind...

We need to get her in. ..are worried about ann, a long—term patient. hello? hello, ann, morning, carlo. hi, carlo! how are you? not too good round me stomach area. tenderness, pain and i have also got bruising. i want to get you up into the hospital, and i want to do a magnet scan of the liver. so we will see you up here later on today, 0k? 0k. anns condition is deteriorating. can you request the mri liver, cos i cant do that? _ she is being called in for urgent treatment. we will catch up wit...

Good survival rates, for about 30% of patients, it spreads to other parts of the body. it becomes secondary breast cancer. and that is a terminal condition. she has had her chest done. the clatterbridge cancer centre in liverpool is regarded as state—of—the—art. it looks like its all disease related, doesnt it? - today, carlo and specialist nursejo francis... we need to get her in. ..are worried about ann, a long—term patient. hello? hello, ann, morning, carlo. hi, carlo! how are you? no...

How many specialist nurses we need, how to plan our chemo units. what doesnt change is that behind the numbers are people. ann needs all the help she can get. can i get you to pop . your fluids up for you? yeah. after her telephone consultation, she has been rushed in. this is effectively a&e for cancer. ann was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. it spread, became secondary. shes had years of support. today, from phil, a clinical nurse specialist, a cns. its a highly professional medica...

Im sure ill see it. the national audit is aimed at getting better, more targeted treatment to patients like ann. we want to get some more bloods off you. the long—term hope, of course, is a cure, but for now, for the next generation, its about making secondary breast cancer something that some women can live with, rather than die of. from somewhere, ive got this strength and i dont know where. i always say i have two guardian angels, my mum on one side, and my dad on another. and i do believe ...

Sorry, can ijust have a moment? its one of the hardest things, is talking about... and the worry that i might not see her. im confident i will. and i will get there. but there is always that sliver of worry... ..that you might not see that big milestone for her. you might not be able to take her through all of her milestones as a young lady and my husband might have to do that. with professor palmieri in my team, im sure ill see it. the national audit is aimed at getting better, more targeted tr...

Dedicated to patients like ann. i get up and come to work to fight for peoples mums, peoples sisters, peoples wives, peoples daughters and i have a mum, a wife, a sister, a daughter and if they are not worth getting up and fighting for, then i dont know what is. you are a passionate man. oh, i love what we do here. yeah, very much so. decided to give me chemotherapy... ann is poorly. she has been admitted to the ward. after so many years living with cancer, today is tough. its getting worse. you...