Laura Deacon

Core medical trainee

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Timeline
About me
SMO Palliative Medicine
Education
- UCL
  2008 - 2009
  Bachelor of Science - BS Primary Healthcare 1st class honours
- Brighton and Sussex Medical School
  2005 - 2011
  BMBS Medicine BMBS with Distinction
- The University of Sheffield
  2016 - 2017
  Postgraduate Certificate Medical Education
Experience
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  Jan 2013 - Jan 2015
  Core medical trainee
  Working as a junior doctor in a range of inpatient hospital specialities- acute medicine, elderly medicine, cardiology, haematology, oncology & gastroenterology.
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  Aug 2015 - Oct 2019
  Palliative Medicine Specialist Registrar
  Working across a variety of hospital, hospice and community palliative medicine settings.Working alongside the multidisciplinary team & increasingly taking a leading role.
- Hospice West Auckland
  Jan 2018 - Aug 2018
  Medical officer, Palliative Medicine
  Out of Programme Training timeWorking in community palliative care alongside a team of specialist nurses & another specialist doctor
- The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
  Oct 2019 - Apr 2020
  Locum Consultant
  Split site role. Led team of specialist palliative care nurses at District General Hospital inputting and offering advice to non-specialist colleagues. Consultant responsible for cohort of complex Hospice specialist palliative care inpatients. Led on a regional audit and service improvement project. Significant contributions to regional opioid switch. Delivered multiple teaching sessions and organised a specialist course for local GPs.
- Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  Apr 2020 - Dec 2020
  Locum Consultant
  Consultant in specialist palliative care hospital team, inputting and offering advice to non-specialist colleagues and supporting highly skilled team of specialist palliative care nurses. Supporting colleagues and patients through the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Developed opioid toxicity management guidelines and provided significant amounts of formal and informal teaching to both medical and nursing colleagues.
- Hospice West Auckland
  Jan 2021 - Feb 2022
  Medical Officer
  Working alongside a multidisciplinary Hospice team, supporting community palliative care services across West Auckland.
- Waitematā District Health Board
  Jan 2021 - now
  SMO Palliative Medicine
Licenses & Certifications
- Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP)
  Royal College of Physicians
  Oct 2014
- Certificate of Completion of Training
  General Medical Council
- Speciality Certificate Examination
  Royal College of Physicians
  Nov 2017
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Laura Deacon
  Teaching award University of Leeds Aug 2019 Award for teaching undergraduate students in Community placements.