Dr Ione de-Brito Ashurst
Ione is the Head of Therapies & Rehabilitation at The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She is a dietitian and most of her recent clinical work has been in critical care. This has led to her active research interest in the prevention and management of muscle mass decline. However, her research as part of her master’s and PhD has been around renal nutrition. She carried out her master’s research in patients’ renal nutrition education looking at improving phosphate management. This was followed by a trial in bicarbonate supplementation that was published in an USA journal, won a European prize for significant contribution to the renal field and led to changes in the American and European renal nutrition recommendations. Despite the leadership role, Ione is still passionate about nutrition and critical care and works closely co-supervising Masters and PhDs. Ione won the “Florence Nightingale Leadership” scholarship award in 2016, the only allied health professional in the nursing group. Ione has also secured a place in the London Clinical Senate Group, the only dietitian and part of a small group of AHPs in the senate. Ione currently chairs the Southwest London AHP faculty and co-chair the SWL AHP Council, representing AHPs at the SWL Integrated Care System.
