UKONS 2017 | Let’s get personal: UKONS 2017

The UK Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS) Annual Conference 2017, held in Harrogate, UK, had the central theme of person-centered care. Here, Verna Lavender, PhD, of Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK talks about what this entails in terms of care and treatment, and provides an overview of the sessions, topics and structure of the conference. Dr Lavender highlights the interactive workshops that were run, including her own, which was dedicated to the development of cancer nurses.