Asked by: James Brokenshire (Conservative - Old Bexley and Sidcup)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out the members of NHS England's Clinical Expert Group for lung cancer.
Answered by Steve Brine
The membership of the Clinical Expert Group (CEG) for Lung Cancer is listed below and publicly available on the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation website. It will also be published on NHS England’s website shortly.
Lung Cancer Clinical Expert Group membership
Prof David Baldwin Respiratory Physician, East Midlands / Lung Cancer CEG Chair
Prof Sam Janes Chest Physician and Scientist, Early Detection, London / Lung Cancer CEG Vice Chair
Mrs Diana Borthwick Clinical Nurse Specialist in Lung Cancer / former Chair of National Lung Cancer Forum for Nurses
Dr Julie Hendry Respiratory Physician, Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Network
Dr David Gilligan Clinical Oncologist, East of England
Dr Andrew Bates Clinical Oncologist, Southampton
Dr Anand Devaraj Thoracic Radiologist, London
Mrs Sue Maughn Commissioning Director-Cancer, East London Health and Care Partnership
Dr Amelia Randle General Practitioner The Park Surgery, Shepton Mallet / Clinical Lead Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Gloucestershire Cancer Alliance
Dr Paul Cane Consultant Histopathologist, London
Prof Denis Talbot Professor of Cancer Medicine, University of Oxford, Thames Valley Cancer Network
Dr Imran Husain Consultant Respiratory Physician, West Midlands
Dr Sanjay Popat Consultant Medical Oncologist, Royal Marsden Hospital
Dr Yvonne Summers Medical Oncologist, The Christie and University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester
Dr Andrew Wilcock Clinical Reader in Palliative Medicine and Medical Oncology, Nottingham
Mr Martin Grange Patient Representative, Hampshire
Mrs Michele McMahon Patient Representative, Liverpool
Mrs Janette Rawlinson Patient Representative, West Midlands / European Lung Foundation Lung cancer patient advisory group / National Cancer Research Institute Clinical Studies Group (lung cancer) consumer member / British Thoracic Oncology Group steering committee member, Cancer Research UK SMP board member (patient representative) / Lay member Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group
Dr Robert Rintoul Reader in Thoracic Oncology, University of Cambridge / Honorary Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge
Dr Jeremy Killen Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, North of England
Dr Sion Barnard Thoracic Surgeon / Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons
Mr Doug West Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, Bristol
Dr Neil Bayman Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Greater Manchester
Mrs Barbara Gill Programme Lead Accelerate, Coordinate, Evaluate (ACE), NHS England / Cancer Research UK
Dr Vytis Dudzevicius Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, London / Lung multidisciplinary team Lead and Lung Cancer Lead Clinician
Mrs Vanessa Beattie Clinical Nurse Specialist in Lung Cancer / National Lung Cancer Forum for Nurses Chair
Mrs Karen Clayton Macmillan Lung Cancer Lead Nurse, East Cheshire NHS Trust / National Lung Cancer Forum for Nurses
Dr Matthew Evison Consultant in Respiratory Medicine, Manchester / Director of the Lung Pathway Board for Greater Manchester Cancer
Dr Ian Woolhouse Respiratory Physician, Chair of West Midlands Lung Expert Advisory Group
The National Optimal Lung Cancer Pathway was developed with the assistance of further expert clinicians:
Dr Sadia Anwar Consultant Respiratory Physician, Nottingham
Dr Matthew Callister Consultant Respiratory Physician, Leeds
Dr Paul Beckett Consultant Respiratory Physician, Derby
Prof Mick Peake Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine / National Clinical Lead, NHS Cancer Improvement/ Clinical Lead, National Cancer Intelligence Network
Asked by: James Brokenshire (Conservative - Old Bexley and Sidcup)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out recent advice and guidance provided by NHS England's Clinical Expert Group on the early detection and diagnosis of lung cancer.
Answered by Steve Brine
The Clinical Expert Group for Lung Cancer published three documents in 2017/18, and also provided clinical advice for the development of a handbook to support delivery of best practice lung cancer pathways. Details of the documents and handbook are provided below.
- National Optimal Lung Cancer Pathway (2017);
- National Optimal Lung Cancer Pathway Implementation Guide (2017);
- Clinical Advice for the Provision of Lung Cancer Services (2017); and
- Handbook: Implementing a timed lung cancer diagnostic pathway (2018).