Establishing a nurse-led thyroid cancer follow-up clinic

Thyroid cancer is a complex disease requiring management by large multidisciplinary team. The number of patients with diagnosis thyroid significantly increasing year-on-year, and traditional models consultant-led follow up are no longer sustainable. Although nurse-led follow-up clinics becomining increasingly common, rare. An excellent understanding the disease, treatment risk recurrence essential for safe patient care, discussed in this article. clinic uses skill set head neck nurse specialists, including psychological support, coping strategies long-term side effects non-medical prescribing. A survey service revealed high levels satisfaction desire to continue face-to-face consultations rather than telephone clinics.