Dr Ashling Lillis
Ashling is part of Macmillan’s Centre of Clinical Expertise team, focusing on the experience of acutely unwell cancer patients.
Dr Ashling Lillis
Job title
Consultant in Acute Medicine and Ambulatory Care
Address
Whittington Health
Specialism
Acute medicine
Ashling's background
Ashling is a Consultant in Acute Medicine and Ambulatory Care at Whittington Health in North London. She joined Macmillan in 2016 as an NHS National Medical Director’s Fellow. She continues to work in the Centre of Clinical Expertise team focusing on the experience of acutely unwell cancer patients and the importance of generalists within the cancer workforce.
She attended the University of Cambridge and then Queen Mary University of London before training in acute medicine and critical care in the east end of London which brought a strong focus on health inequalities to her practice and work at Macmillan Cancer Support.
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Read Ashling's latest blogs
Ashling discusses the importance of raising awareness of this point in care, and to encourage all healthcare professionals to 'See it, Say it, Share it'.
Ashling outlines the current challenges for professionals and patients when handling acute admissions and what needs to change to improve the patient journey and experience.
Ashling reflects on how far we've come, what we might be missing and the steps we can take to avoid health inequities.
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