Julie Sykes tells Daniel Allen about the long journey she has taken from her nurse training in Huddersfield to her current role in Sydney, where she has established a specialist cancer nursing service that helps men living with prostate cancer across Australia. She manages the health and education team for a national foundation and presides over a urological nurses society

A UNIVERSAL challenge for all nurses, from Manchester to Melbourne, is having too much to do and too little time, and Julie Sykes is no exception.