Gillian Oliver

Gillian Oliver

Dame Gillian "Gill" Oliver, DBE, FRCN, is an expert in cancer nursing and palliative care and has been instrumental in developing cancer services, policy and strategy in the UK and beyond. She has been involved with cancer nursing for many years - at a practical level as a ward sister, at national level while working as Adviser in Oncology Nursing at RCN, and at organisational and managerial levels as Director of Patient Services.

She has represented cancer nursing in many national and international organisations, including the Board of the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care, the Chief Medical Officer’s Expert Advisory Group on Cancer and, most recently, the Department of Health’s National Advisory Group on Palliative and Supportive Care.

Gill joined Macmillan Cancer Relief as UK Director of Service Development in April 2000 and has actively promoted the voice of the service user as well as professional knowledge, skill and experience in the development of effective cancer services.

Since retiring from full time work in October 2004, she has continued with Macmillan in a part-time capacity as Adviser for Nursing and Allied Health Professionals. She also remains a Trustee of the National Council for Palliative Care and is undertaking various projects related to cancer services, nursing and care.

She received her LJMU Honorary Fellowship on 31 July 2006 in recognition of services to nursing and healthcarein recognition of her services to nursing and healthcare.

She was created DBE in June 1998 for services to healthcare and nursing, and was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing later that year. In 2004, she was awarded the Gold Medal from Macmillan Cancer Relief in recognition of outstanding services to the people and families of those suffering from cancer.

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* [http://www.rcn.org.uk/aboutus/fellows/oliver.php RCN]
* [http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/NewsUpdate/index_82693.htm LJMU]


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