Who’s Who
Dan Monnery
Consultant in Palliative Medicine
Dan Monnery is the sitting President of UKASCC. He is a consultant in palliative medicine and clinical lead for palliative and supportive care at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Liverpool. He co-leads the national collaborative on Enhanced Supportive Care (ESC), having been the NHS England national clinical advisor from 2021-22. Joanna Sheppard
GP with an interest in Palliative Medicine
Jo is co-chair of the Enhanced Supportive Care (ESC) National Collaborative Network. She is a GP with a specialist interest in palliative medicine. She has been lead GP at the ESC service at University College Hospital London since it was established in 2017. Her research interests include prognostic awareness in advanced cancer and equity of […]
Matt Carey
Consultant in Palliative Medicine
Dr Matt Carey is a Consultant in Palliative Medicine with the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Training Programme Director for Palliative Medicine in the Thames Valley region. He completed his specialist training in London at Pilgrims Hospice in Kent, St Christopher’s Hospice, King’s College Hospital, and the Royal Marsden Hospital. In his […] 
Shahlaa Walsh
Consultant in Palliative Medicine
Shahlaa Walsh has just completed her training in London and has become a Consultant in Palliative Medicine. She developed a keen interested in Enhanced Supportive Care whilst working at the Royal Marsden Hospital during training and now co-leads the UKASCC National Enhanced Supportive Care Collaborative.
Sam H Ahmedzai
Professor Emeritus of Supportive and Palliative Medicine
Sam worked in palliative medicine in both hospice and acute hospitals for 30 years before retiring from clinical practice. He was also professor at the University of Sheffield for 21 years. He adopted supportive care from 2000, specialising in pain and side-effects management in acute cancer care including stem cell transplantation and in cancer survivors. […] 
Charlotte Leach
Consultant in Supportive Care and Palliative Medicine
Charlotte has worked as a Consultant at The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust since 2019, and combines her clinical practice with a senior leadership role as Chief of Service for Oncology within the Trust. Her clinical interests include symptom management of immunotherapy toxicities, opioid-induced constipation and dermatological conditions in supportive and palliative care. She has […] 
Lesley Howells
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Lesley Howells is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who until her partial retirement in August 2025 was the Lead Psychologist for the Maggie’s network of twenty-seven psychosocial cancer support centres across the UK. She became a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Cancer and Specialist Palliative care in 2001 and has worked in multidisciplinary supportive cancer care for […]Ashique Ahamed
Consultant in Palliative and Supportive Care
Dr. Ahamed completed his specialist training in Palliative Medicine in 2012. From October 2012 to October 2021, he served as Clinical Lead for the Department of Palliative and Supportive Care at Manchester Royal Infirmary. In November 2021, he joined The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, where he continues to pursue his interests in Supportive Oncology. He […]
Elaine Tomlins
Consultant nurse and lead cancer nurse
She is a founding member of the United Kingdom Association of Supportive Cancer Care and acts as treasurer. Elaine has been a cancer nurse for over 30 years. She held positions of clinical lecturer in the New South Wales College of Nursing and was invited to help set up a bone marrow transplant programme in Kuala […] 
Ben Heyworth
Project Manager/Honorary Lecturer/Charity Director
Ben Heyworth has a portfolio career which includes working at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, responsible for managing work around Personalised Care, Survivorship, Supportive Oncology, Radiotherapy Education, and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and has worked at the Trust for over 20 years. He is also the Director of a Charity, Arts for Health Milton Keynes, […]