Symposium subcommittee

Rebecca currently works as an Oncology Pharmacist at the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre in North West London. She has a keen interest in immunotherapy, renal cancer and germ cell tumours.

Rich is a Regional Programmes Manager at Roche Products Limited. This role is non-promotional focused on NHS regional engagement and collaboration.

Rich previously worked in the NHS, his experiences include 10 years of working in the specialist areas of Haematology, Oncology and Aseptic services at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre and Wirral University Teaching Hospital.

Simon is currently a Medical Manager at Pfizer Oncology following 10 years working as an oncology/haematology pharmacist in the NHS. Simon is passionate about patient care and utilising the skills of pharmacists to their fullest. Simon is a current member of the audit & research and education & training sub-committees having previously been a member of the exec committee for 6 years.

Colm Doody is the Medical Affairs Manager for Lung Cancer for Pfizer UK. Colm made the move to industry in 2019 and has worked in solid tumour roles, including breast and lung. Prior to this, he was working in oncology pharmacy roles in the NHS, initially at Barts Health, followed by the Royal Marsden. He is a non-medical prescriber and has experience of setting up and running pharmacist-led clinics in breast cancer. Colm has been a BOPA member for 10+ years and is and advocate for strengthening the relationship between BOPA, the NHS, and the pharmaceutical industry.

Clare is currently working at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and has enjoyed rotating through gynaecology, gastrointestinal, CNS and lung oncology clinics over the past 18 months.

She is passionate about optimising supportive care to improve cancer patients quality of life and has a keen interest in immunotherapy.

Netty is an experienced oncology pharmacist and has worked for over 16 years in this sector. She has a vast range of experience including Lead oncology and haemato-oncology pharmacist within an NHS Trust, Lead Pharmacist for an NHS cancer network, and project management roles for the implementation of SACT electronic prescribing both in the NHS and the independent sector. She is currently in a national role as the Lead Cancer Pharmacist for Ramsay Healthcare UK.

During these 16 years Netty has been an active member of BOPA. She currently co-chairs the Digital Subcommittee and co-chairs the UK Chemotherapy Forum where she represents BOPA. She is also a member of the Independent Sector Oncology Pharmacy Group and the Independent Sector Cancer Network. She is passionate about improving cancer care within the independent sector and improving safety for patients and staff with the use of digital media. Netty also has a passion for education and training and uses her strengths of IT and enthusiasm to support all pharmacy staff in all sectors to access a variety of information and training from the BOPA website.