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Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Nicola Smith: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Nicola Smith
Senior health information manager, Cancer Research UK
Aug 2026Sept 2026Oct 2026Nov 2026to date
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 21 Aug 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Nicola Smith: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Senior health information manager, Cancer Research UK
- Quoted on
- Cancer
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 21 Aug 2026
04 The signal · where Nicola Smith sits on cancer
Regularly cited
One of the voices most often quoted in the press on cancer.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Prof Peter JohnsonClinicianNational Clinical Director for Cancer, NHS EnglandLeading
Michelle MitchellSector leaderChief Executive, Cancer Research UKLeading
Professor Victoria Tzortziou BrownClinicianChair of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)Leading- Zakir ShariffClinicianConsultant plastic surgeonRegularly cited
- Dr Anne RiggClinicianconsultant medical oncologist and NHS England's national speciality adviser for chemotherapyRegularly cited
- Nicola SmithSector leaderSenior health information manager, Cancer Research UKRegularly cited
- Rosa ThuemmlerClinicianDr, University of AberdeenRegularly cited
- Alix Aitken-ArbuckleClinicianDoctor of midwifery, NHS Lothian and Edinburgh Napier UniversityRegularly cited
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05 On the record · press
What Nicola Smith has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- lbc.co.uk
- news.stv.tv
- theguardian.com
Where Nicola Smith has been quoted
- UK men with heart disease at higher risk of developing and dying from cancer | Cancer | The Guardiantheguardian.com · 21 Aug 2026
- Men with heart disease 'face higher risk of developing and dying of cancer'news.stv.tv · 21 Aug 2026
- Men with heart disease 'face higher risk of developing and dying of cancer' | LBClbc.co.uk · 21 Aug 2026
How we found the articles that name Nicola Smith: we searched news for these terms.
- cancer
- cancer treatment
- cancer screening
- cancer waiting times
- oncology
- chemotherapy
- radiotherapy
- cancer diagnosis
Also searched with “cancer” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Cancer
Verbatim
“Many causes of cancer and heart disease overlap, which may explain why there's a link between the two, and both of these diseases are more common in people from deprived areas.”
“Many causes of cancer and heart disease overlap, which may explain why there's a link between the two, and both of these diseases are more common in people from deprived areas.”
“Many causes of cancer and heart disease overlap, which may explain why there's a link between the two, and both of these diseases are more common in people from deprived areas.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. 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 13 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.