# UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND OESOPHAGOGASTRIC CANCER GROUP

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1198358
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** March 24, 2022
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1198358


## Contact

- **Address:** Velindre NHS Trust, Velindre Hospital, Velindre Road, Cardiff
- **Postcode:** CF14 2TL
- **Phone:** 029 2061 5888
- **Email:** carly.biscoe@wales.nhs.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE WITH CANCER INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO OESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC CANCER BY PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ADVICE TO THOSE WHO WORK IN THE FIELD OF ONCOLOGY ABOUT CARE AND TREATMENT OF CANCERS.

**Activities:** The UKIOG Research Group aims to support research into Oesophagogastric (OG) cancer in the UK &amp; Ireland. More specifically its remit including identifying research needs and priorities for OG cancer in the UK &amp; Ireland to allow for studies most likely to impact on patient care to be prioritised including those aimed at reducing health inequalities




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Professor Thomas David Lewis Crosby OBE** | Chair | March 24, 2022 |
| Christopher John Peters |  | March 24, 2022 |
| Dr Elizabeth Catherine Smyth |  | March 24, 2022 |




