About Pleural Seminar Wales 2025
Objectives, Wales Pleural Group, contact details, acknowledgements, and past events.
Objectives
Pleural Seminar Wales is held annually each November and organised by the Wales Pleural Group, a collaborative network supported by the Welsh Thoracic Society and the wider NHS Wales respiratory community.
- Strengthen the national network of clinicians involved in pleural medicine.
- Share learning from Welsh and UK initiatives such as Project Cymru and the Mesothelioma Network Cymru.
- Promote consistent, high-quality pleural care across all Welsh Health Boards.
- Support service development through practical education, case-based discussion, and cross-site collaboration.
- Encourage multidisciplinary engagement — bringing together respiratory physicians, specialist nurses, radiologists, oncologists, and allied health professionals.
Wales Pleural Group
- Chair
- Alina Ionescu — Alina.Ionescu2@wales.nhs.uk
- Faculty Members
- Arte Gonzalez • Andrew Griffiths • Hannah Brothers • Narendra Chinnappa • Ali Thahseen
- Honorary Member
- Prof. Naj Rahman — Oxford Pleural Unit
- Administrative Support
- Lucy Hampton
Contact Us
Education Centre Operational Manager
Royal Gwent Hospital
📞 Tel: 01633 238125
✉️ Email: Lucy.Hampton@wales.nhs.uk
🐦 Twitter: @ABUHB_MedicalEd
Wales Pleural Group Twitter:
🐦 @PleuralWales
Acknowledgements
Our sincere thanks to all the sponsors for their support in facilitating the annual seminars, and to Prof. Najib Rahman for his continued contribution as an external speaker and valued supporter of Pleural Seminar Wales.