Zoe Merchant OT

@LungCheck Programme Manager, @Prehab4Cancer AHP Clinical Lead, @GmEmbrace AHP/Qual Lead. Aiming to ⬆️ clinical outcomes, QoL & patient experience in the @NHS.

[Zoe Merchant OT @ZoeMerchantOT]

Thrilled to share our 1st @GmEmbrace qual paper, which I led with @24hrdatapeople & Anthony Chan. Grateful to the focus group participants & other authors for supporting our study on the experience of wearables in #cancer pathways @mysurgeryandme @hsbalata https://t.co/uEX0Bh7qhO

[Matthew Evison @MatthewEvison1]

5. These are the benefits against a standard of care onward referral model & demonstrates it is NOT adequate to provide onward referral to external services. Smoking cessation must be integrated & delivered within lung cancer screening.

[Matthew Evison @MatthewEvison1]

4. Is it unethical not to fund smoking cessation within lung cancer screening?

1-2% of participants will be diagnosed with lung cancer, whereas 30-35% may currently smoke.

The missed opportunity to truly deliver prevention alongside cancer screening is substantial

[Matthew Evison @MatthewEvison1]

3. What if these healthcare savings were more than 4x greater in the most deprived quintile compared with the least, alongside a five fold increase in quality adjusted life years accrued?

An intervention that reverses the health inequalities and injustice caused by tobacco.

[Matthew Evison @MatthewEvison1]

2. What if integrating smoking cessation services to provide treatment & support during lung cancer screening appointments created a net monetary benefit of £2198 per person over a lifetime horizon?

[Matthew Evison @MatthewEvison1]

1. What would it take to convince healthcare leaders & policy makers that smoking cessation should be funded and delivered within lung cancer screening programmes?

https://t.co/KYLr4ho1b5

[Matthew Evison @MatthewEvison1]

London bound for an important discussion on lung cancer screening with @Roy_Castle_Lung & colleagues

[Kellie Owen @KellieOwen_RD]

A wonderful event to be involved with understanding and promoting #Nutrition & #Exercise and how important it is in #Cancer prevention and survival with @NIHRresearch and @WCRF_UK @WCRF #Preventandthrive

[Matthew Evison @MatthewEvison1]

4) well done to all involved 👏👏@KathrynBanfill @ZoeMerchantOT @patrick_goodley @prehab4cancer @mysurgeryandme

FAO @BTSrespiratory @BTOGORG @LCN_UK @ethansgrumps @GM_Cancer @MFTnhs @MFT_Research @CR_UK @NHS_GM @NHSEngland @TheChristieNHS @LungCancerEu @Roy_Castle_Lung

[Matthew Evison @MatthewEvison1]

3) None of this would have been possible without our incredible GM prehabilitation service prehab4cancer - just celebrated its 6th birthday and is an incredible service for patients in Greater Manchester 👏👏

[Matthew Evison @MatthewEvison1]

2) Prehabilitation is a critical intervention for all patients diagnosed with cancer regardless of treatment type and we must strive to make this a standard of care in UK cancer services.

[Matthew Evison @MatthewEvison1]

1) Delighted to share our publication demonstrating the clinical effectiveness of prehabilitation in patients with lung cancer undergoing curative-intent radiotherapy. Largest cohort published to date in this under-studied area (outside of surgery).

https://t.co/pm0fUYgjmz

[Matthew Evison @MatthewEvison1]

Published at the same time as this RCT demonstrating a reduction in pneumonitis from prehab in radiotherapy in #lungcancer. The evidence is building…..

https://t.co/at4LwCuyLk

@btog @BTSrespiratory @prehab4cancer @LCN_UK @LungCancerEu @CR_UK

[Nicole L. Stout DPT, FAPTA @NicoleStoutPT]

Prehab may be the MOST underutilized, evidence-based intervention in lung cancer care.
Let's change that!!

[ACPOPC @ACPOPC]

Congratulations @janeylew2 for publishing a realist review on aspects of physiotherapy and occupational therapy in community palliative rehabilitation!
https://t.co/bzyeY2ETOf

[Kellie Owen @KellieOwen_RD]

Our OG Dietetic team is the largest nationally supporting patients from early #Cancer diagnosis, palliation and survivorship. An innovative, aspirational team, we encourage #newideas #collaboration #improvements #audit #research Apply here ⬇️

[Zoe Merchant OT @ZoeMerchantOT]

Happy birthday @prehab4cancer 🥰 6 yrs of providing critical, life improving & impactful #prehab axs & interventions for 1000s of people with cancer across Greater Manchester 🤩 @GM_Cancer @AndyBurnhamGM @NHS_GM @GM_Active @mysurgeryandme @MatthewEvison1 @ethansgrumps @ShellLeach

[prehab4cancer @prehab4cancer]

🎂🎉Prehab4Cancer is 6 Years Strong! 🎂🎉

Today we celebrate 6 years of delivering the Prehab4Cancer service across Greater Manchester — helping people prepare both physically and mentally for cancer treatment 💪🧠

📊 Here’s what we’ve achieved together...

[Zoe Merchant OT @ZoeMerchantOT]

You’re not meant to have favourites but here’s some of mine, at the @GM_Cancer @ShellLeach’s #LivingWellWithCancer event: @orourkeclaire1 @freya_howle @JackMurphy_ES & of course @mysurgeryandme, talking @prehab4cancer & how #prehab should be co-designed & delivered for ALL in GM

[prehab4cancer @prehab4cancer]

The @prehab4cancer team are excited to be attending the @GM_Cancer #LiveWellWithCancer today at the Gorton monastery, sharing the service provision we offer across GM for people with cancer. Great to hear @ShellLeach the prog. Mgr (& long term supporter of P4C) opening the event.

[Zoe Merchant OT @ZoeMerchantOT]

The entire Lottie Brooks crew @hurrahforgin #worldbookday2025 #WorldBookDay

[Zoe Merchant OT @ZoeMerchantOT]

On this sunny #WorldBookDay we have red-headed Molly from the genius Lottie Brook series, written by @hurrahforgin & adored by all the young females I know! And ‘Glinda’ from Wicked by Gregory Maguire, hoping to be Pop-u-lar when she gets to school. #lovetoread #celebratereading