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The DCCS Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) is multiprofessional and includes members from medicine, nursing, professions allied to medicine, and other services. The “core team” comprises:

• Dr Myooren Wimalendra, Consultant Paediatric Oncologist
• Dr Clare Turner, Associate Specialist for Paediatric Oncology
• Helen Little, Ward Manager for Wildgoose Ward & Children & Young People’s Outpatient Department
• Tanya Crago, Lead Nurse for Paediatric Oncology
• Petra Russell, Paediatric Oncology Specialist Nurse
• Janey Smejkal, Paediatric Oncology Specialist Nurse
• Jackie Pope, Directorate Pharmacist
• Sonia Parkinson, MDT Co-ordinator

Members of the extended team include:

• Dr Lisa Clive, Chartered Clinical Psychologist
• Jo Annand, CLIC Sargent Social Worker
• Sarah-Jane Sharman, Research Nurse
• Hannah Heayn, Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer, Specialist Nurse 

The team is supported by:

• Dr Hannah Hunter, Consultant Haematologist
• Dr Jude Foster, Consultant Paediatric Radiologist

Our Multidisciplinary Team meetings are held weekly on Wednesday mornings.