Dr Lucy Coombes

Nurse Consultant in Children and Young People’s Symptom and Palliative Care

Dr Lucy Coombes is a Nurse Consultant in Children and Young People’s Symptom and Palliative Care at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, and a postdoctoral Research Associate at King’s College London.

She completed her PhD at the Cicely Saunders Institute, where her research focused on developing child-centred outcome measures in paediatric palliative care.

Lucy has extensive experience working with children and families with life-limiting conditions across hospital and community settings. She is committed to improving access to high-quality, coordinated care and brings both clinical and research expertise to support Momentum’s work.