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Clinical Steering Group

About the Clinical Steering Group (CSG)

The purpose of the Clinical Steering Group (CSG) is to provide guidance and support on the direction and deliverables of the National Audit of Breast Cancer in Older Patients (NABCOP) and to encourage support from professional members.

The CSG has members from patient associations, medical associations, multi-disciplinary experts in the area of breast cancer and medical care of the older person, and policy makers.

The CSG’s objective are to:

Advise on proposed audit analyses and presentation of results.
Review and prioritise identified audit questions.
Inform the Project Team about relevant national initiatives and evolving clinical evidence.
Advise on study design, and appropriate process and outcome measures.
Comment on the Audit dataset and methods of data collection.
Advise on proposed audit analyses and presentation of results.
Comment on the findings of the Audit and their interpretation.
Support Audit communication with professional colleagues on Audit aims and data collection.
Help publicise the results of the NABCOP among patients, the professions involved and other stakeholders.
Represent the views of the associated professional and patient groups.

The Terms of Reference for the CSG are available to download here. If you have any questions about this information, please contact nabcop@rcseng.ac.uk

Please find below a list of current members of the CSG.

Clinical Steering Group Members as of October 2021

Name	Organisation	Role
Prof. Kieran Horgan (Chair)	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	Consultant Breast Surgeon NABCOP Liaison for the Association of Breast Surgery reporting to the Clinical Standards and Audit Committee Chair Breast Cancer Expert Advisory Group of NCRAS
Dr Nicolò Matteo Luca Battisti	The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust International Society of Geriatric Oncology	Clinical Research Fellow in Medical Oncology President-Elect
Prof. Kwok-Leung Cheung	School of Medicine ,University of Nottingham International Society of Geriatric Oncology	Professor of Breast Surgery and Medical Education UK National Representative
Ms Karen Clements	National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service, Public Health England	NCRAS Project Manager
Miss Marianne Dillon	Swansea Bay University Health Board Wales Cancer Network	Consultant Breast Surgeon Breast Cancer Site Group Lead
Dr Julie Doughty	Association of Breast Surgery	President
Mr Ashu Gandhi	Association of Breast Surgery Manchester University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust NHS Breast Screening Programme & ABS Screening Audit Group	Chair of the Clinical Practice & Standards Committee Oncoplastic Breast and Endocrine Surgeon Chair
Prof. Margot Gosney	Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.	Professor of Elderly Care Medicine
Ms Lis Grimsey¹	East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust	Macmillan Nurse Consultant
Prof. Chris Holcombe	Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Association of Breast Surgery	Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon Vice President
Miss Tracey Irvine	Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Guildford (Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust)	Clinical Lead for Breast Surgery Consultant Breast Surgeon
Ms Jacquie Jenkins	Public Health England, Screening Quality Assurance Service	Deputy Director of Quality Assurance
Prof. Ian Kunkler	University of Edinburgh NHS Lothian	Professor of Clinical Oncology Clinical Oncologist
Mr Andrew Murphy	National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service, Public Health England	Head of Cancer Datasets
Dr Stanley Ralph	Age Anaesthesia Association University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust	Honorary Secretary Anaesthetist
Dr Alistair Ring	The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust	Medical Oncologist
Prof. Tom Robinson	University of Leicester University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust NIHR Senior Investigator	Pro Vice Chancellor and Head of the College of Life Sciences and Dean of Medicine Professor of Stroke Medicine Honorary Consultant Stroke Physician
Ms Janice Rose	Independent Cancer Patients’ Voice	Patient Representative
Ms Mia Rosenblatt	Breast Cancer Now	Associate Director of Policy, Evidence and Influencing
Dr Nisha Sharma	Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust British Society of Breast Radiology	Director of Breast Screening (Leeds-Wakefield) and Clinical Lead for Breast Imaging Audit Lead
Dr Richard Simcock	Macmillan Cancer Support	Chair of the Expert Reference Group for Cancer Care in Older People convened by Macmillan
Ms Sophia Turner	Independent Cancer Patients’ Voice	Patient Representative
Ms Carla Whitbread	força – strength against cancer	Patient Representative
Ms Gail Williams	NHS Wales, Cardiff	Breast care nurse Network Team Lead at NHS Wales
Prof. Lynda Wyld	University of Sheffield Jasmine Breast Centre, Doncaster Bridging the Age Gap Study	Professor of Surgical Oncology Honorary Consultant Breast Surgeon Principal Investigator

Clinical Steering Group Minutes

In addition to the support provided by the CSG, the audit is overseen by a Project Board (PB). The PB is responsible for ensuring that NABCOP works within the contracts covering the delivery of the audit, and directing the strategic work of the audit. The PB has representation from patient associations, medical associations, and the commissioners; members are listed in the NABCOP Annual Reports .

If you have any questions about this information, please contact nabcop@rcseng.ac.uk