Healthcare Professional Advisory Panel
Our Healthcare Professional Advisory Panel (HPAP) is made up of specialists from across the UK working in haemato-oncology and related professional fields.
Aims of the panel
Panel members have significant experience in their specialty and will help us to deliver the most beneficial support to people affected by blood cancer and provide strategic leadership.
Panel members will:
- Ensure our information and service provision for patients are clinically accurate and ensure we continue to deliver products that best meet nthe needs of patient groups in a scalable and sustainable way
- Will help us understand the challenges faced by the HCP community, so that we can maximise our impact in supporting them to deliver the highest quality of blood cancer care.
- Shape the changes needed within the system to improve diagnosis, access to treatments, survival, outcomes, and experiences for blood cancer patients. This involves contributing to our policy and influencing efforts to engage with parliamentarians, government bodies, NHS leaders, and charity partners.
Meet the Chairs
Dr Gail Jones
Consultant Haematologist, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Dr Jones specialises in acute myeloid leukaemia, lymphoma, and MDS. She is Associate Medical Director and works with the Northern Cancer Alliance and national groups on blood cancer.
Dr Jaimal Kothari
Consultant Haematologist at Oxford University Hospitals.
Dr Kothari specialises in myeloma and waldenström macroglobulinaemia. He leads the Thames Valley myeloma multidisciplinary team and is actively involved in clinical trials and national guideline development.
Panel members
We're pleased to have representation of healthcare professionals from across the UK.
- Dr Ceri Bygrave, Consultant Haeamtologist at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
- Dr David Wrench, Consultant Haematologist at Guy's and St Thomas'.
- Dr Jennifer Richardson, GP in Southeast London.
- Dr Jennifer Travers, Consultant Haematologist at West of Scotland Cancer Centre.
- Dr John Jones, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Haematologist at Eastbourne District General Hospital
- Dr Katrina Farrell, Consultant Haeamtologist at Forth Valley Royal Hospital.
- Dr Kevin Boyd, Consultant Haematologist at The Royal Marsden NHS Trust.
- Dr Kirit Ardeshna, Consultant Haematologist and Divisional Clinical Director at UCLH
- Dr Neil Phillips, Consultant Haematologist at University Hospitals of North Midlands.
- Dr Oonagh Sheehy, Consultant Haematologist at Belfast City Hospital in Northern Ireland.
- Dr Pam McKay, Consultant Haematologist at The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre.
- Dr Rasha Al-Qurainy, Clinical Lead and Consultant in Palliative Medicine at UCLH.
- Dr Raymond Dang, Consultant Haematologist at The James Cook University Hospital.
- Dr Rhian Fuge, Consultant Haematologist at Prince Philip Hospital.
- Dr Steven Knapper, Consultant Haematologist at University Hospital of Wales.
- Professor Adrian Bloor, Consultant Haeamtologist at The Christie.
- Professor Andrew Pettitt, Consultant Haematologist at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
- Professor Claire Harrison, Consultant Haematologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’.
- Professor Mhairi Copland, Consultant Haematologist at The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre.
- Professor Richard Cowan, Consultant in Clinical Oncology at The Christie.
- Asjad Yousf, Lymphoma Pharmacist at Cardiff & Vale University Health Board.
- Bronagh McGoldrick, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist at Cardiff & Vale University Health Board.
- Mary Tait, Specialist, Haematology Dietitian at St George’s Hospital.
Lead nurse advisor
Yasmin Al-Azzawi, Lead Haematology Nurse at Milton Keynes University Hospital.
Additional nursing representation
- Alison Paterson, Deputy Divisional Director of Nursing & Quality for Cancer at Lister Hospital.
- Chantelle Hughes, Senior Research Nurse at University College London Hospitals.
- Deborah Franchini, Macmillan Lead Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist for Personalised Care at Hampshire NHS Trust.
- Jodie Nightingill, Lead Nurse Pathology at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
- Louisa Jones, Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Lecturer at The Royal Marsden.
- Orla Stewart, Lead Haematology Nurse at King's College Hospital.
- Stavroula Chante, Macmillan Lead Nurse at Heartlands Hospital.
- Suriya Kirkpatrick, Senior Cancer Research Nurse at North Bristol NHS Trust.
Our ambassador Camilla acts as our community voice, to make sure that people affected by blood cancer are at the heart of everything we do. If you are affected by blood cancer and would like to join, please get in touch.
How to join
We continue to seek clinical representation from healthcare professionals who are passionate about improving outcomes for the blood cancer community. We also need people affected by blood cancer to act as our community voice.
If you want to learn more or would like to join the panel, please get in touch today. We'd love to hear from you.
Our campaigns
We work with healthcare professionals, parliament and our blood cancer community to help raise awareness of blood cancer. Our campaigns aim to bring us closer to the day where no one dies of blood cancer or its treatment.
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