Organisational structure of the Rarer Cancers Forum

Structure of Rarer Cancers Forum from October 2006

Registered Directors/Trustees

• Susan Graham
• Gwen Harlow (Chair)
• Jean Turner

Advisors

• Paula Bond, Community Networks Development Co-ordinator, Macmillan Cancer Support
• Ciarán Devane, Chief Executive, Macmillan Cancer Support
• Vanessa Jenkins, Retired General Practitioner
• Vivien Reed, National Association of Laryngectomee Clubs
• Clare Shaw, Consultant Dietitian, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
• Andrew Stanley, Consultant Prescribing Pharmacist, City Hospital Birmingham, and Network Lead for Oncology Pharmacy, Pan Birmingham Cancer Network
• Bella Talwar, Clinical Lead Dietitian, Head and Neck Cancer, University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Linda Taylor, patient
• Peter Telford, Barrister
• Stephen Young, Hon Senior Research Fellow, Manchester University
  

Medical advisors

• Ian Judson, Professor of Cancer Pharmacology, Institute of Cancer Research; Consultant Medical Oncologist and Head of Sarcoma Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
• Frank Saran, Head and Consultant Clinical Oncologist (Neuro-oncology unit) and Consultant Clinical Oncologist (Sarcoma Unit), Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
• Philip Savage, Consultant in Medical Oncology, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Steve Schey, Consultant Haemato-oncologist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Beatrice Seddon, Consultant Clinical Oncologist (Sarcoma Unit), University College Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Karol Sikora, Professor of Cancer Medicine and Honorary Consultant Oncologist, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London; Dean of Medical School, University of Buckingham 
  

Chief Excecutive and Company Secretary

Penny Wilson-Webb

Patrons

Professor The Baroness Ilora Finlay of Llandaff, Honorary Professor of Palliative Medicine, University of Wales School of Medicine, Cardiff; Consultant, Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff; President of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy; Crossbench Peer, House of Lords.

Professor Martin Gore, Medical Director, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London; Professor of Cancer Medicine at The Institute of Cancer Research in London.