Professor Richard Simcock, Chief Medical Officer

Richard Simcock first joined Macmillan Cancer Support as a National Clinical Advisor in 2014 and was appointed Chief Medical Officer in 2022. In his role, Richard co-leads the organisation’s Centre of Clinical Expertise, which is responsible for connecting with healthcare professionals delivering cancer care and gathering clinical insight to support the charity’s work.

Richard is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, where he provides clinical care to people with breast cancer. Having initially trained in palliative medicine, Richard switched to oncology and completed five years of post-graduate cancer specialist training in London and the South East, followed by a fellowship at the Sydney Cancer Centre in Australia.

Richard is also an Honorary Professor at Brighton and Sussex Medical Schools, a regular contributor to journals and textbooks, a Co-Editor of the ‘ABC of Cancer Care’ and an Associate Editor at BMJ Oncology.

Richard is particularly interested in innovation in cancer care, patient communication and shared decision-making, personalised medicine and multidisciplinary working. Richard is active on X (formerly Twitter) - @BreastDocUK - and posts about cancer and cancer care, especially with regards to breast cancer.