CROSS-PARTY GROUP REGISTRATION FORM

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1 CROSS-PARTY GROUP REGISTRATION FORM NAME OF CROSS-PARTY GROUP Cross-Party Group on Cancer PURPOSE OF THE GROUP AND PROPOSED DISCUSSION TOPICS 1. Please state the purpose of the Group. 2. Please also provide a brief explanation of the purpose of the Group and why the purpose is in the public interest. 3. Please also provide details of any overlaps with the purpose of existing Cross- Party Groups and an explanation of why, regardless of any such overlap, the Group should be established. 4. Please also provide an indication of the topics which the Group anticipates discussing in the forthcoming 12 months. 1. The purpose of the Group: To act as a channel of communications between the Scottish Parliament and people and organisations working in cancer research, treatment, care and prevention. To identify areas where inequalities exist in the provision of cancer care and campaign for their improvement. To provide opportunities for MSPs to learn about the latest Scottish and international cancer research and to learn about cancer care needs and services, including the views of both patients and carers. 2. By examining areas of policy and service provision, including both the allocation and the effective use of resources, the group hopes to highlight where there may be inequalities of practice or standards of care and to make representations for effective and timely actions to the benefit of cancer patients in Scotland. 3. This is the only CPG that covers the full range of cancers across the cancer pathway. 4. Topics which will be discussed in the first 12 months of the group are likely to include, but are not limited to: Cancer screening Cancer prevention Cancer patient experience survey Data and research MSP MEMBERS OF THE GROUP Please provide names and party designation of all MSP members of the Group.

2 Miles Briggs MSP (Conservative) Jenny Marra MSP (Labour) Anas Sarwar MSP (Labour) Annie Wells MSP (Conservative) Clare Haughey (SNP) Finlay Carson MSP (Conservative) Tavish Scott MSP (Liberal Democrat) NON-MSP MEMBERS OF THE GROUP For organisational members please provide only the name of the organisation, it is not necessary to provide the name(s) of individuals who may represent the organisation at meetings of the Group. Individuals Organisations Professor Alan Rodger Nanette Milne Malcolm Chisholm ABPI Scotland Cancer Industry Group Alcohol Focus Scotland Almirall Astellas Beating Bowel Cancer Beatson Cancer Charity Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Charity Bloodwise BMA Scotland Boehringer Ingelheim Bowel Cancer UK Brain Tumour Action Brain Tumour UK Breast Cancer Care Breast Cancer Now British Medical Association Cancer Research UK

3 Cancer Support Scotland Celgene Challenge Breast Cancer Scotland Circle of Comfort CLIC Sargent National Services Scotland Coalition of Carers in Scotland Edinburgh Health Forum Edinburgh and Lothians Prostate Cancer Support Group Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre Food Standards Agency General Medical Council GlaxoSmithKline Heads Up Cancer Support Group Health Policy Scotland Indigo PR Institute of Health and Wellbeing James Whale Fund Lane Agency Law Society of Scotland Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research Lilly Macmillan Cancer Support Maggies Marie Curie Cancer Care Melanoma Action and Support Scotland Myeloma UK NAPP NHS Fife NHS Forth Valley NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde

4 NHS Lanarkshire NHS Lothian NHS National Service Scotland NHS Tayside Novartis OCHRE Palliative Care Scotland Pancreatic Cancer Scotland Pancreatic Cancer UK Pfizer Prostate Cancer UK Prostate Scotland Roche Roy Castle Foundation Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland Royal Pharmeceutical Society Sanofi Scottish Cancer Foundation Scottish Cancer Prevention Network Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems Scottish Medicines Consortium Scottish Primary Care Cancer Group SCRN South of Scotland Cancer Network Target Ovarian Cancer Teenage Cancer Trust The Wellbeing Alliance Topic of Cancer University of Dundee

5 University of Glasgow University of Edinburgh West of Scotland Cancer Network Womb Cancer Support UK GROUP OFFICE BEARERS Please provide names for all office bearers. The minimum requirement is that two of the office bearers are MSPs and one of these is Convener beyond this it is a matter for the Group to decide upon the office bearers it wishes to have. It is permissible to have more than one individual elected to each office, for example, co-conveners or multiple deputy conveners. Co-Convener Co-Convener Secretary Treasurer Miles Briggs MSP Jenny Marra MSP Cancer Research UK crosspartygroup@cancer.org.uk n/a FINANCIAL BENEFITS OR OTHER BENEFITS Please provide details of any financial or material benefit(s) the Group anticipates receiving from a single source in a calendar year which has a value, either singly or cumulatively, of more than 500. This includes donations, gifts, hospitality or visits and material assistance such as secretariat support. 2,500 - The estimated benefit of Cancer Research UK secretarial services and catering annually. SUBSCRIPTION CHARGED BY THE GROUP Please provide details of the amount to be charged and the purpose for which the subscription is intended to be used. None CONVENER CONTACT DETAILS Name Jenny Marra MSP

6 Parliamentary address Telephone number M1.05, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP STATEMENT ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE OF CONDUCT I declare that the Cross-Party Group on Cancer is constituted and will comply with the terms of Section 6 of the Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament. Signed Date