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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Clinician · Cancer
Alex Benson: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Alex Benson
Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Clinical Lead for skin cancer at CMCA
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press citations on 1 topic since 22 May 2026 · last quoted 27 Jun 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Alex Benson: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Clinical Lead for skin cancer at CMCA
- Quoted on
- Cancer
- Tracked press citations
- 5
- Most recently quoted
- 27 Jun 2026
- First quoted
- 22 May 2026
04 The signal · where Alex Benson sits on cancer
Ranked 20= of 100 voices quoted in the press on cancer, level with 14 others on 5 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
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Prof Peter JohnsonClinicianNational Clinical Director for Cancer, NHS England53 - 2
Michelle MitchellSector leaderChief Executive, Cancer Research UK18 - 3
Professor Victoria Tzortziou BrownClinicianChair of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)17 - 20=Prof Rod MitchellClinicianPaediatric endocrinologist, running a similar trial at the Centre for Reproductive Health at University of Edinburgh5
- 20=Mark LawlerAcademicAssociate Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Professor of Digital Health and Chair in Translational Cancer Genomics, Queen's University Belfast5
- 20=Alex BensonClinicianConsultant Plastic Surgeon and Clinical Lead for skin cancer at CMCA5
- 20=Ian PatersonClinicianSurgeon5
- 20=Pedro RamirezAcademicProfessor and chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Houston Methodist Hospital5
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 20=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Alex Benson has said
By outlet · linked articles
- cheshire-live.co.uk1
- chesterstandard.co.uk1
- manchestereveningnews.co.uk1
- stokesentinel.co.uk1
- thenantwichnews.co.uk1
Where Alex Benson has been quoted
- 01Self-confessed 'sun worshipper' Claire has stark warning after cancer diagnosisstokesentinel.co.uk · 27 Jun 2026
- 02Former air stewardess and 'sun worshipper' issues warning after cancer diagnosischeshire-live.co.uk · 25 May 2026
- 03Former air stewardess speaks out about skin cancer diagnosischesterstandard.co.uk · 24 May 2026
- 04Woman had 'always been incredibly careful', until one GP trip changed everythingmanchestereveningnews.co.uk · 22 May 2026
- 05Former Nantwich air stewardess warning amid skin cancer battlethenantwichnews.co.uk · 22 May 2026
Verbatim
“Avoiding damage to your skin from excess sunlight is one of the few risks that everyone can change. Sunburn is damage to the skin and increases the risk of skin cancer. Young people should keep away from sunbeds.”
“Avoiding damage to your skin from excess sunlight is one of the few risks that everyone can change. Sunburn is damage to the skin and increases the risk of skin cancer. Young people should keep away from sunbeds.”
“Avoiding damage to your skin from excess sunlight is one of the few risks that everyone can change.”
“Avoiding damage to your skin from excess sunlight is one of the few risks that everyone can change. Sunburn is damage to the skin and increases the risk of skin cancer. Young people should keep away from sunbeds.”
“Avoiding damage to your skin from excess sunlight is one of the few risks that everyone can change.”
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Doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and other registered clinicians quoted in a clinical capacity. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 12 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.