A NURSE has won acclaim for her research into where terminal cancer patients prefer to die.
Jill Sayer, a Macmillan nurse with Darlington Primary Care Trust, is to be awarded the David and Ros Simon Research Award for the best project relating to cancer research.
She will receive the award at a ceremony at the University of Teesside on November 25, with a cheque for £250.
Ms Sayer, of Piercebridge, near Darlington, has been a Macmillan Nurse for two years and a district nurse for 13 years.
She carried out her research, which revealed that most patients would prefer to die at home, as part of a degree course.
Her studies resulted in some primary healthcare teams and community hospitals introducing new practices for dealing with terminally-ill patients.
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