Verna Lavender, PhD, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK and UKONS President, introduces a session which examines changes to nursing practice in response to COVID-19 including: rapid changes in service redesign, stratification of patients, and new nursing guidelines. Important questions regarding best practice throughout the pandemic were addressed. This interview was recorded via an online conference call with The Video Journal of Oncology (VJOncology).