In this conversation piece, Claire Powlesland, Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Radiotherapy at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Claire Hayday, Project Manager on the GRACE project talk openly about their experiences and learning on the study. The GRACE project involved working with a number of NHS Investigative sites across the UK to support recruitment…

I’m Lynsey, a Therapeutic Radiographer with over 25 years of clinical experience delivering radiotherapy treatments to patients. I now apply my expertise and insight to advocate for improved access to modern radiotherapy services for everyone who needs them. Through my work with the charity and conversations with patients following their treatment, I’ve become increasingly aware…

My position as the patient researcher on the GRACE project is one I am discovering. It is growing incrementally, and I’m trying it on for size, looking at different aspects, wanting to be useful yet wondering which parts of myself to share. To borrow a phrase from Marion Coutts (The Iceberg 2014) I am ‘…a…

Hi, I’m Danny, a Therapeutic Radiographer and Network Manager for the North West Radiotherapy Specialised Services Clinical Network.   The Gynae Cancer Narratives Project gave a voice to people who had experienced treatment for gynaecological cancer. People spoke openly about their realities – the uncertainty, the treatment-associated effects, and, on reflection, not fully understanding what radiotherapy would mean…

My name is Lisa Ashmore and I am joint project lead on the GRACE project. I am a social scientist, working in Lancaster Medical School. I am also a Therapeutic Radiographer. This blog post is taken from an after lunch speech held on International Women’s Day 2025.   I trained and worked as a therapeutic radiographer. Some of you might not know what that is –…

Some of the team were able to meet in person and take part in a team photo when we had our GRACE project kick-off meeting in late 2024.  It happened to fall on Marie Curie’s Birthday (1867) and on the eve of World Radiography Day, which at the time had the theme ‘Radiographers: Seeing the…