Maria Vega is a Senior Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist with more than a decade of experience across the NHS and private healthcare. She is also trained in medical and auricular acupuncture with a focus on oncology and palliative care, and is a Cancer Exercise Specialist and Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery facilitator. Maria is passionate about the need for far broader support for those going through cancer and works to achieve this for her patients. But beyond this she’d like to see Oncology Nurses across the country empowered to deliver or signpost Integrative Oncology modalities.