Lung cancer patients and nurse specialists are all playing a pivotal role in guiding many patients through the pathway of having lung cancer. It’s been revealed that well over 55% of lung cancer teams lost at least one of their staff members during the coronavirus pandemic. It could be because they were not able to work because of the virus or because they faced things like redeployment. Over the course of the pandemic, there had been what looks like a steep increase in the amount of people who intend to leave. It rose from 16% to 60% in total.

The report has stated that this trend is going to indicate the need for even more support for a workforce that is stretched right now. Jackie Fenemore is a lung cancer nurse and she is also the chair of Lung Cancer Nursing UK has stated that lung cancer nurses in particular have been very much impacted by the virus and that more needs to be done to try and give them the support that they need. The staff are now under more pressure than ever and it would seem that they are struggling to try and keep up with the demand for their services.