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ACCEND - Meet the teams

A number of teams are working on the ACCEND Programme. The Programme Assurance Board, Steering Group and Expert Advisory Group are listed below as well as key contributors across the workstreams.

To contact a member of the team, please email england.accend@nhs.net.

-    Geeta Menon, ACCEND Programme SRO and Chair of the Assurance Board, Postgraduate Dean - South London, Regional Leadership Team, Health Education England  
-    Ben Welch, Macmillan SRO for ACCEND Programme,  Director of Strategy Development, Macmillan Cancer Support 
-    Libby Potter, ACCEND Programme Lead, Head of Portfolio Cancer and Diagnostics, Long Term Conditions and Prevention, Maternity and Children and Young People, Health Education England
-    Mark Fores, ACCEND Programme co-lead, Workforce Delivery Senior nurse, Health Education England 
-    June Davis, ACCEND Programme co-lead, Lead Allied Health Professional Advisor and Nursing Advisor, Macmillan Cancer Support 
-    Lowri Sira-Parfitt, ACCEND Project Manager (Secretary), Senior Project Manager, Macmillan Cancer Support 
-    Beverley Harden, National AHP Representative, National AHP Lead, Health Education England 
-    Ben Chiu, NHSE&I Advisor to ACCEND, Senior Strategy Manager, Health Education England 
-    Kerry Mills, HEE Programme Lead, DEQ Transformation, Health Education England   
-    Pamela Ratcliffe, Secretariat, Maternity and Children and Young People’s Administrator, Portfolio DEQ Quality Transformation, Health Education England 

-    Julie Armoogum, Macmillan Senior Lecturer, UWE Bristol
-    Dany Bell, Macmillan Cancer Support Treatment and Genomics Lead Strategic Advisor
-    Kim Bowles, Macmillan Cancer Support Head of Professional Engagement 
-    Karen Campbell, UKONS President Elect and Scottish Representative, Edinburgh Napier University
-    Claire Clarkson, Cancer Workforce and Education Project Manager, Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance
-    June F Davis, ACCEND Programme Co-Lead. Allied Health Professional Advisor, Chief Medical Officers Team, Macmillan Cancer Support
-    Mark Fores, ACCEND Programme Co-Lead, HEE Senior Nurse Workforce Delivery
-    Mark Foulkes, Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse and Nurse Consultant in Acute Oncology at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
-    John Gale, ACCEND Cancer Support Workforce Lead, Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance
-    Ruth Hammond, National Cancer Lead, Circle Health Group
-    Verna Lavender, Head of Guy's Cancer Academy UK, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS FT
-    Suzanne Lilley, Programme Director for Workforce and Education, Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance
-    Libby Potter, ACCEND Programme Lead, Head of Portfolio Cancer and Diagnostics, Long Term Conditions and Prevention, Maternity and Children and Young People, Health Education England
-    Lowri Sira-Parfitt, ACCEND Project Manager, Macmillan Cancer Support
-    Vanessa Taylor, Deputy Head of School (Students & Teaching)/Prof Learning, Teaching & Professional Practice (Cancer & Palliative Care) University of Huddersfield

The ACCEND Expert Advisory Group (AEAG) will provide expert professional advice and guidance across all workstreams of the ACCEND programme and be a national multi-professional group representing different organisations both within and out with the NHS.

-    Karen Campbell (Chair), UKONS President Elect and Scottish Representative, Edinburgh Napier University
-    Robert Crouch, Consultant nurse and Honorary Professor, University Hospital Southampton
-    Anthony Cunliffe, National Clinical Adviser for Primary Care and Lead Clinical Adviser and Clinical Adviser for London for Macmillan. Joint Clinical Chair, South East London Cancer Alliance
-    June F Davis, ACCEND Programme Co-Lead. Allied Health Professional Advisor, Chief Medical Officers Team, Macmillan Cancer Support
-    Lucy Eldridge, Chair of the Oncology Specialist Group and Head of Dietetics, Royal Marsden, British Dietetic Association
-    Catrin Evans, Principal Educator Post graduate development, NHS Education for Scotland
-    Heather Finlay, CEO of the Clinical Education Centre
-    Mark Fores, ACCEND Programme Co-Lead, HEE Senior Nurse Workforce Delivery
-    Ceara Gallagher, AHP consultant, Public Health Agency Northern Ireland
-    Spencer Goodman, Professional advisor, Society and College of Radiographers
-    Kate Greaves, Associate Director of Clinical Education, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
-    Bethan Hawkes, Lead Cancer nurse, NHS Wales Health Collaborative
-    Jeanette Hawkins, Chief nurse, CLIC Sargent
-    Fiona McCallion, AHP Education Manager, Health and Social Care Northern Ireland
-    Andrea McDonnell, Associate Director of Nursing, Barts Health NHS Trust
-    Kerry Mills, National Imaging Advisor, Health Education England
-    Lorna Nevin, Nurse Consultant for Cancer, Health and Social Care Northern Ireland
-    Tracy Nicholls, CEO, College of Paramedics
-    Libby Potter, ACCEND Programme Lead, Head of Portfolio Cancer and Diagnostics, Long Term Conditions and Prevention, Maternity and Children and Young People, Health Education England
-    Jacqueline Pottle, Specialist Occupational Therapist, NHS Wales
-    Debbie Provan, Cancer Advisor, Gov. Scotland
-    Najia Qureshi, Education lead, British Dietetic Association
-    Rosie Roberts, Chemotherapy Specialist Nurse & Acute Oncology Project Manager, Velindre and South Wales Cancer Network
-    Justin Roe, Professional Advisor. Consultant and Joint Head of Department of Speech, Swallowing and Voice, The Royal Marsden Hospital
-    David Rovardi, College of Paramedics
-    Lesley Smith, Living with and beyond programme lead, NHS England/Improvement cancer programme
-    Louise Soanes, Chief Nurse, Teenage Cancer Trust
-    Emily Stowe, Chair of Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Oncology and Palliative Care
-    Jennifer Woods, Occupational Therapist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust 
-    Menna Wyn-Wright, Education lead, British Dietetic Association

-    Alison Pope, Deputy Director of the Genomics Education Programme, Health Education England
-    Alison Sanneh, Therapeutic Radiographer, Principal Educator, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
-    Andrew Lovegrove, Senior Consultant, Skills for Health
-    Ann Maloney, Acute Oncology Nurse Lead, University Hospital Sussex NHS Trust
-    Annie Richards, Senior Matron, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
-    Catherine Neck, Clinical Services Programme Lead: Cancer and Long Term Conditions, NHS South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit
-    Claire Gill, Macmillan Dietitian, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
-    Claire Job, Senior Lecturer, School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University
-    Claire Taylor, Macmillan Nurse Consultant, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
-    Clare Byrne, Associate Director of Nursing for Cancer, Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust
-    Constance Rowell, Matron (Patient Flow), The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
-    Debbie Wyatt, Senior Lecturer, University of Chester
-    Dr Elaine Tomlins, Consultant Nurse /lead cancer nurse /Honorary research fellow, Royal Marsden NHS FT,  University of East Anglia
-    Dr Lynn Calman, Associate Professor & Deputy Director,  Centre for Psychosocial Research in Cancer, School of Health Sciences  University of Southampton
-    Dr Rebecca Verity, Director of the Royal Marsden School, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
-    Finn Tysoe, Divisional Lead for Practice Development & Education, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
-    Fiona Holdsworth, Senior Lecturer and Academic Educational Supervisor in Practice (AESiP), University of Sunderland
-    Fiona Macdonald, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
-    Florence Cook, Senior Specialist Dietitian (Head and Neck Oncology), University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
-    Gill Faley, Head of Adult Speech and Language Therapy. Macmillan Therapy Team Lead. AHP Strategic Workforce Project Lead, Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
-    Gill Nolan, Cancer Nurse, Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust
-    Hannah Russon, Clinical Nurse Educator, Cardiff & Vale University Health Board
-    Heather Nisbet, Supervision and Assessment Lead, Health Education England South East Region
-    Helen McMillan, Acute Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist, Royal Gwent Hospital, Wales
-    Helen O'Toole, Lead Nurse Clinical Education, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
-    Helen Shallcross, Macmillan Cancer Rehabilitation/Personalised care and Support Lead, Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon & Gloucestershire Cancer Alliance, North Bristol Trust
-    Hilary Baker, Macmillan Lead CNS for Uro-oncology, UCLH at Westmoreland Street
-    Jamie Cargill, Deputy Head of Nursing, Division of Specialised Services. Chair, TYAC (Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer), University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
-    Jane Murray, Lead Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment (SACT) Nurse & Clinical Education Nurse -  Haematology | Oncology | Chemotherapy, The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
-    Jayne Donaldson, Professor of Nursing and Dean of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling
-    Jo Lyle, Oncology Nurse Consultant, The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
-    Joanna Fairhurst, Regional Cancer Programme Lead, NHS England (Midlands)
-    Joanna McNamara, Senior Lecturer/Therapeutic Radiographer, Sheffield Hallam University
-    Joanne Kinsey, Lead Nurse Cancer Community Support Service, Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust (LUHFT)
-    Julia Taylor MBE, Macmillan Consultant Nurse Urology, Salford Care Organisation (Part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust)
-    Kate Reeves, Macmillan Lead SACT Nurse, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
-    Kay Bell, Lecturer Practitioner and UKONS Board Member, The Royal Marsden School
-    Laura Theodossy, Lecturer Practitioner FHEA, PG Dip Clin.Ed., The Royal Marsden School
-    Lisa Barrott, Divisional Director of Nursing & AHP’s Cancer Division, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust; UKONS board member.
-    Loraine Gillespie, Head of Dietetics, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
-    Lorraine Robinson, Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department, Adult Nursing, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, King's College London
-    Louise Retout, Cancer Workforce and Education Assistant Project Manager, Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance
-    Lucie Conway, Programme Support for Cancer Support Worker Framework, The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool
-    Lyndsay Wiggans, Cancer Education Manager, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, Royal Preston Hospital
-    Maggie Tween, Senior Cancer Programme Manager, NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board
-    Mary Edwards, Project Lead for Advanced Clinical Practitioner Roles in Primary Care with a Cancer Specialism, Wessex Cancer Alliance
-    Mary Tanay, RN PhD, Lecturer in Nursing, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care, King's College London
-    Melanie Clarkson, Senior Lecturer in Advanced Practice in Radiotherapy and Oncology, Sheffield Hallam University
-    Molly Pipping, Cancer Academy Programme Lead, Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance
-    Natasha Jones, Advanced Specialist Dietitian Haematology/TYA, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
-    Professor Nicola Stoner, Consultant Pharmacist – Cancer & ATMPs (BSc (Hons), Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
-    Professor Ricardo Khine, Head of School: Health & Social Care Professions, Buckinghamshire New University
-    Professor Richard Griffin, Professor of Healthcare Management, King's Business School, King's College London
-    Professor Susanne Cruickshank PhD, Strategic Lead for Applied Health Research, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary Professor, University of Stirling
-    Sally Gosling, Centre for Advancing Practice, Health Education England
-    Sarah Dewhurst, Oncology Physiotherapist Service Lead, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
-    Sarah Hamilton, Regional Workforce Lead (Cancer & Diagnostics), Health Education England
-    Sharon Rowe, Workforce Transformation & Education Lead, Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance
-    Shereen Juwle, Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse, University Hospitals Birmingham
-    Stavroula Chante, Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
-    Terri Barnes, Therapy radiographer, On-Line Learning, Guy's St Thomas' NHS Hospital Foundation Trust
-    Tootie Bueser, Director for Nursing & Midwifery, South East Genomic Medicine Service Alliance, Guy's St Thomas' NHS Hospital Foundation Trust
-    Tracy Rees, Lecturer: Adult Nursing, Cardiff University
-    Victoria Dickens, Chief AHP, Northern Care Alliance and Chair GM AHP faculty