tessa jowell brain cancer mission
London
In 2018, Dame Tessa Jowell led a call to action on behalf of all brain tumour
patients to tackle brain tumours, recognising that too little progress has been
made in the treatment of patients with this devastating disease. Lord
O’Shaughnessy, the then Undersecretary of State for Health, responded by
convening members of the brain tumour community to design a new national
strategy. And so, the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission was formed by a group of
passionate academics, doctors, members of professional and patient organisations
and patients. Today, the national effort has grown in scale and size. The Tessa
Jowell Brain Cancer Mission is now a Community Interest Company which manages
and supports a national portfolio of several transformational programmes in the
areas of research, trials, training and patients. Our work is funded and
supported by the NIHR, The Tessa Jowell Foundation, CRUK, The Minderoo
Foundation, The Brain Tumour Charity, Brain Tumour Research, Brainstrust, Brain
Tumour Support and Act for Cancer. The mission is chaired by Professor Richard
Gilbertson (Chair of Board of Guarantors) and led by Dr Nicky Huskens (CEO) on a
day to day basis. Please click here to see the full TJBCM team. Expert NHS
clinicians, nurses, AHPs and academics from across the UK work with the Mission
to design and deliver our programmes every day. The programmes are jointly
delivered with our partner organisations and managed and supported by our own
team of core company employees.
