 Gillian Oliver

Dame Gillian Frances Oliver, DBE, FRCN (born 10 October 1943) 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 organisational and managerial levels as Director of Patient Services, and at national level while working as Adviser in Oncology Nursing at RCN and for other organisations.Oliver finished her training to be a nurse at the Middlesex Hospital and started a lifelong commitment to caring for people with cancer and the organisation of services dealing with cancer.