Cancer care in the UK: we need to be more ambitious.

Abstract

part of Ciaran Devane* speaks to Francesca Lake, Managing Commissioning Editor: Ciaran Devane is the outgoing Chief Executive of Macmillan Cancer Support. Educated at University College Dublin (Ireland), he holds a degree in biochemical engineering. He also holds a Master’s degree in international policy from George Washington University (DC, USA). Ciaran is a trustee of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations sits on the advisory council of the Cicely Saunders Institute, an institute for research into palliative care (London, UK). Since January 2012, he has also been a Non-Executive Director of the National Health Service England.