Lucy Eldridge
Associate lead for therapies and professional lead for dietetics
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Lucy Eldridge is associate lead for therapies and professional lead for dietetics at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, this includes clinical, operational and strategic responsibilities. She continues to work clinically across the tumour groups. She previously worked at Barts Health NHS Trust in oncology and palliative care. She set up and developed the dietetic service at St Joseph’s Hospice in Hackney. She has an MSc in cancer care. In 2023 she was awarded the IBEX fellowship award by the British Dietetic Association (BDA) for her contribution to the field of clinical nutrition and oncology.
She is the education officer for the BDA Oncology Specialist Group, having previously been the chair for four years. She works on national initiatives with the National Institute for Health Research, the World Cancer Research Fund and Macmillan, and represents dietetics on the ACCEnD programme. She is co-chair of the professionals work stream for the cancer and nutrition NIHR infrastructure collaboration.
She has worked with charities and other agencies updating and designing patient literature. She has spoken at local, national and international conferences on a variety of topics relating to cancer and/or palliative care. She has written articles and chapters on nutrition, cancer and palliative care, and a chapter on the psychosocial influences on food choice of cancer patients.
Lucy Eldridge is speaking at the following session on Thursday 24 October:
Nutrition for better cancer outcomes