UKAOS Project Management Group PMG

The UKAOS Programme Management Group (PMG) was launched March 2024

Membership:

The PMG has 12 members drawn from the UKAOS membership.Members were identified on the basis of AOS experience, knowledge and shared aim of driving forward the UKAOS work plan and ambition. Rotation and new membership occurs every 2 years and will be advertised via the UKAOS website

The pupose of the group:

The PMG will act as a multi-disciplinary group providing greater cohesion between the UKAOS Board and subgroups and will support the full UKAOS Board and sub-groups to ensure smooth operational functioning and coordination of UKAOS work streams including:

• Operational oversight of UKAOS work streams
• A coordinating role across subgroups ensuring effective communication for cross cutting themes
• Management of Board delegated duties where these do not sit in specific sub groups annual work programmes
• Initial scoping and development of a draft 5 year Strategy.

Current work streams include:

1. UKAOS communications (Conference, 15 year celebration and proposed annual AO day/week
2. Mapping AO leadership and system service improvement – through the lens of Integrated Care Systems (Cancer Alliances, Scotland networks and national)
3. UKAOS wide sub group review
4. Publication of first draft 5 year Strategy

Meetings of the PMG:

• The PMG will meet monthly via TEAMS
• The PMG shall develop an overarching work plan and keep minutes.
• The PMG will report into the Full Board 3 monthly – Updates on work programme
• The PMG will produce an annual report for the AGM

UKAOS Board representatives:

• Dr Ernie Marshall

• Philippa Jones 

Alison Redfern

Alison qualified as a registered nurse in 2002 and has been a Macmillan nurse since 2011 specialising in Acute Oncology from 2019 She is thrilled to be the Lead Nurse for Acute Oncology at Salford Royal Hospital (Northern Care Alliance), a post she has held since 2021 and is passionate about improving patient experience and pathways during an acute oncology admission along with education and training for all Healthcare Professionals who may be involved in the care and management of an acute oncology patient, their families and carers. When not in her role as lead nurse, you can find Alison at the Dojo enjoying Mixed Martial Arts with her daughter.

Dr Elinor Gatfield

I qualified at the University of Southampton, MMedSci 2012, BM 2013, and trained in Wessex, Kent, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire and was appointed as a consultant at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Reading in 2024. I have a special interest in head and neck and skin cancers, and the provision of urgent cancer care with the acute oncology service. I am MSCC lead for the trust. I am passionate about the training and supervision of junior colleagues and participate in the delivery of clinical trials.

Helen Card

I have worked in the NHS for over 15 years, previously at Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a Senior Project Manager and more recently taking a position with the Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance as a Senior Transformation Manager, overseeing a programme to transform Urgent Cancer Care in our region.  I’m passionate about delivering change to cancer services to improve patient outcomes and experience, and I feel privileged to be part of such an important programme of work.

Katie Hudson

Senior nurse and Advanced Clinical Practitioner with more than 5 years experience of strategic leadership in an acute trust.   Currently working with Wessex Cancer Alliance Acute Oncology Project completing a benchmarking review for services across the geographical footprint.  Passionate about Acute Oncology and equity in accessibility for patients diagnosed with cancer.

Dr Elias Pintus

Lynsey Robson

Nicola Cornelius

Consultant Radiographer

Lincolnshire Oncology Centre and based in Lincoln.

My specialist area is palliative radiotherapy, which obviously involves spinal cord compression.

I have been involved with the Acute Oncology Team since it started, with a particular interest in spinal cord compression.

We have also been evolving the AOS service here, to establish ACPS within the service.

I have  a strong interest in  streamlining services and improve the patient experience.

Markie Chestnut

I’ve recently advanced into a Nurse Consultant role after being an AO Advanced Nurse Practitioner for the last 3 years, and an AO CNS prior to that.

Our oncology services as a whole are nurse led on the Island, acting as a ‘spoke’ of Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (CCC).

I’m fortunate to lead the AO service on the Isle of Man with oversight from CCC and I have a particular interest in MUO.

I’m eager for AO on the Isle of Man to keep pace with the teams around the North West and we’re very fortunate to be well embedded within the various AO groups throughout the region.