Clare Doney

Yes, and we know Ryan has been working with one of our prehabilitation dieticians as well.

He is very much about the pleasure in food, but I know that Ryan has also taken time to really understand the cost of cooking well as well and trying to make that accessible because sometimes ingredients can feel inaccessible to some of our population for a variety of reasons.

Another exciting project we're involved with across the Northern Cancer Alliance is a collaboration with our English Football League, Carlisle, Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesbrough,

They're going to be delivering an in-person prehabilitation offer to our cancer patients.

That will be looking at physical activity.

There'll also be peer support.

There won't be a dietician or a specialist working with those teams, but they will be able to sign post-patients.

Do you ever wish that doctors...

I think all doctors and nurses should take a holistic approach.

But I also think we've got some great colleagues who can hold that knowledge for us.

So really thinking about our dietitians.

Are we using them enough, particularly in cancer care?

Is there a space to use them more?

I think with a number of resources in the NHS, it can be hard to access a dietician.

But I think we need to be having that conversation.

I also think we've mentioned before about charitable and voluntary sector organisations.

There's a wealth of knowledge out there about nutrition.

And we can use our online resources as well.

We've got to make sure we get the right information to them.

Because I think if they just Google search, you can come up with a number of conflicting guidance.