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Melanie Sturtevant

Associate Director of Policy, Evidence and Influencing, Breast Cancer Now

Breast Cancer Now is based in Bethnal Green and Stepney (London) — the organisation’s base, not a personal address.

Press citations

1

Topic

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Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Last quoted

Aug 2026

Melanie Sturtevant: key facts

Kind of voice
Sector leader
Role
Associate Director of Policy, Evidence and Influencing
Organisation
Breast Cancer Now
Organisation based in
Bethnal Green and Stepney
Quoted on
Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Tracked press citations
1
Most recently quoted
27 Aug 2026

Who Melanie Sturtevant is

Melanie Sturtevant is Associate Director of Policy, Evidence and Influencing at Breast Cancer Now, the UK's largest breast cancer charity, headquartered in London. She leads the charity's policy and public affairs work, regularly providing spokesperson comment to national and regional press on breast cancer diagnosis, screening, and secondary breast cancer data. She has argued publicly that NHS breast screening uptake targets are being missed and that the government must expand breast imaging capacity to reduce waiting times for diagnosis. She has also criticised gaps in secondary breast cancer data collection, calling it unacceptable that patients with metastatic disease are not consistently counted more than a decade after mandatory data collection was introduced in England.

“The findings underline that learning they were higher risk left many women feeling more anxious and confused, and more likely to ask their GP for further information.”

References for this biography

  1. 1.Breast Cancer Now responds to the National Audit of Metastatic Breast Cancer State of the Nation Report 2024 — Confirms Sturtevant's role title and her public policy commentary on secondary breast cancer data gaps
  2. 2.Charity urges Welsh Government to invest in breast cancer services after targets missed – ITV News Wales — Confirms role title and her advocacy on Welsh breast screening targets (July 2026)
  3. 3.No Time to Waste to Save More Lives from Breast Cancer – ChamberUK — Confirms role and her written policy commentary on NHS screening uptake and the Darzi review
  4. 4.Diagnosis 'shouldn't be a question of luck' – Wes Streeting | Perspective Media — Confirms role title and her call for expanded breast imaging capacity via community diagnostic centres
  5. 5.Breast Cancer Now celebrates milestone announcement as NHS England backs call for breast screening campaign — Evidences Breast Cancer Now's #NoTimeToWaste campaign achievement on national screening awareness
  6. 6.BREAST CANCER NOW – Companies House — Confirms registered head office address: 6th Floor, The White Chapel Building, 10 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 8QS
  7. 7.Claire Rowney to be new chief executive of Breast Cancer Now | Breast Cancer Now — Confirms Breast Cancer Now press office email address (press@breastcancernow.org)

Notable achievements

  • Publicly called for NHS England to back a first-ever national breast screening awareness campaign as part of Breast Cancer Now's #NoTimeToWaste campaign; NHS England subsequently announced the campaign in February 2026. Source ↗
  • Responded on behalf of Breast Cancer Now to the first annual report of the National Audit of Metastatic Breast Cancer (NAoMe), criticising incomplete NHS data and calling for consistent national data collection on secondary breast cancer. Source ↗
  • Urged the Welsh Government to invest in breast cancer services and meet breast screening uptake targets, after NHS Wales missed the 70% minimum standard for seven consecutive years. Source ↗

Where Melanie Sturtevant has been quoted

  1. Discussing breast density after mammograms may cause unneeded anxiety, study findstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

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