We are committed to delivering the highest quality of care to all patients diagnosed with cancer and have dedicated teams of highly experienced and qualified staff responsible for delivering the services we provide.
Due to the sheer complexity and diversity of the services that comprise our 'cancer service', a wide-ranging skill set is needed which includes many areas of specific expertise that can only be achieved via a comprehensive, and specialist team of senior staff.
Lead Clinician, Cancer Service Dr Lindsay Whittam FRCP Lead Manager, Cancer Services Michael Willson FinstLM MIHM Lead for Oncology Dr Sarah Lowndes MRCP DPhil Lead for Haematology Dr Sarah Green FRCP FRCPath Lead Cancer Nurse Alison Koster BSc DipN RGN Service Improvement & Quality Kath Brown MA Lead Research Nurse Helen Winter MSc RGN Lead Chemotherapy Nurse Lyndel Moore MSc RGN
The Great Western Hospital benefits from a large team of specialist cancer doctors:
Consultant Clinical Oncologists Dr David Cole Dr Claire Blesing Dr Amanda Horne Dr Shiroma deSilva-Minor Consultant Medical Oncologists Dr Sarah Lowndes Dr Kinnari Patel Oncology Specialty Doctor Dr Dorota Marciniak
Unlike 'solid' tumours, the management of cancer of the blood, such as Leukaemia, Myeloma and Non-Hodgkin's Disease, requires the specialist care that only specialist Haematology medical staff can provide.
Consultant Haematologists Dr Sarah Green Dr Alex Sternberg Dr Atherton Gray Dr Norbert Blesing
The Great Western Hospital has a team of highly-trained and highly-experienced senior cancer nurse specialists. This team of dedicated staff play a key role in supporting patients throughout their entire experience whilst under the care of the hospital.