Karen Clayton

Karen was appointed Macmillan Lung/Palliative CNS in April 2010, prior to this her career was mainly in the acute sector. Karen worked on various medical wards, ICU/HDU as well as being an A&E Sister for six years and Medical Nurse Practitioner for three. She trained at Stepping Hill hospital and Manchester University before moving to Macclesfield District General. Karen attained her Masters of Arts in Advanced Nursing Practice in 2012 and became a Non- Medical Prescriber in 2013. In June 2018 she was honoured to receive the Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Award for Outstanding Nursing Service from the Queen’s Nursing Institute. In February 2021, she attained a BSC Hons Degree in Health and Social Care Management.

Karen is a vice-chair of the Lung Cancer Nurses UK. The LCNUK has been instrumental in supporting her development.  Karen has also presented at the LCNUK conference, as well as World Lung. She is the lead Lung Cancer CNS at East Cheshire and has a dual role as Palliative Care CNS supporting patients from pre-diagnosis to end of life in primary and secondary care.