After having reached the final of this year’s Nursing Times Awards, Anne Snow a Lung Cancer/Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist from the Isle of Wight  has won the top national title of Cancer Nurse Leader of the Year.

Commenting on her achievement, Anne Snow said:

“It is a real privilege to receive the Cancer Nurse Leader award but I could only have achieved this through the support of the Lung Cancer team and the South Central Lung Cancer Group, so they deserve a big thank you.”

Anne Snow, who is based at St. Mary’s Hospital, joined the best of nursing professionals across the country to receive her award at a glittering evening recently held at London’s Hilton Hotel, Park Lane.

Cancer Nurse Leader of the Year Winner: Anne Snow – Isle of Wight NHS PCT.  Highly Commended: Karen Roberts – Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Island Cancer Nurse Receives Top National Award

A well respected Lung Cancer/Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist on the Island has been crowned ‘Cancer Nurse Leader of the Year’ at the prestigious Nursing Times Awards 2009. 

The Nursing Times Awards were open to qualified nurses, midwives and health visitors registered to practise in the UK. The awards acknowledge and celebrate outstanding contributions made to the nursing profession and healthcare more generally by truly exceptional and dedicated people, who demonstrate what is best in the NHS and independent healthcare.

Sheila Paul, Chief Operating Officer for NHS Isle of Wight said:

I am delighted that Anne’s outstanding dedication and support for cancer patients on the Island has been recognised at a national level. She really does inspire those around her and puts her patients at the heart of everything she does.”

Anne provides lung cancer services to patients within St. Mary’s hospital as well as in the community.
Part of her role has been to develop ‘open access’ lung cancer services which means that lung cancer patients can access specialist services and be seen by Anne the same day if necessary.

As well as carrying out her role as a Nurse Specialist in Lung Cancer for the past 10 years, Anne has recently become the Lead Clinician for lung cancer at the Primary Care Trust and is currently the South Coast Network Chair – the first nurse in the UK to fill this role.

Speaking at the Awards evening, Alastair McLellan , Nursing Times editor said

“Tonight we honoured 16 winners and over 60 shortlisted entrants in what we believed to be one of the biggest events ever held to recognise the contribution of nursing excellence to improved patient care – every single shortlisted entrant here tonight can be very proud of their success.”

Further information about the Nursing Times Awards 2009 is available at www.ntawards.co.uk