Meet the Team
Meet our Peninsula Cancer Alliance team who all work together to improve cancer services over Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Mark Cartmell, Joint Clinical Director
Mark is a Colorectal Surgeon of more years standing than he wishes to remember. The majority of his work is in Colorectal Cancer. This led to his interest in cancer care and its organisation more broadly, to facilitate excellence and prompt treatment via the structure of clinical Cancer Care not just the surgical interventions. Ultimately this lead to his appointment as Peninsula Cancer Alliance co-Clinical Director.
Dr Amy Roy, Joint Clinical Director
Amy qualified at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London with a First Class honours degree in Medical Sciences. She carried out her general medical training in and around London. She trained in oncology at UCLH, Mount Vernon, The Royal Free and St Bartholomew’s hospitals.
Dr Roy is on the specialist register of the General Medical Council (GMC). She was appointed as a Consultant Clinical Oncologist to Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust in 2008
Dr Joe Mays, GP Lead for Prevention and Early Diagnosis
Joe Mays graduated from Bristol Medical School in 1998. Like many doctors of his generation he explored specialty training (in his case Orthopaedics) before seeing the light and moving to General Practice in 2005. Joe is now a 7 session GP Partner in Exmouth. In his other three sessions he is the GP Lead for Prevention and Early Diagnosis for the Peninsula Cancer Alliance, CRUK Alliance GP, and lead GP Clinical Commissioner for Cancer for Devon CCG. Joe has been working in clinical commissioning since before the Lansley reforms, completing a PGC in Leadership Development in Primary Care in 2012, and for the past three years has been working in cancer commissioning. Joe is a keen advocate of the role of GP in diagnosis in general, believing this to be a core pillar of satisfaction in the job, and especially interested in the role of the GP in cancer diagnosis.
Bev Parker, Alliance Deputy Managing Director
Bev is our Alliance Deputy Managing Director overseeing the delivery of the alliance’s programme and managing the team.
She is also the alliance’s urology lead. Bev has worked in the NHS since 2001 in various roles and joined the alliance in July 2024 moving from her role as commissioner for cancer and diagnostics services at Devon ICB.
Bev’s favourite place to take some peaceful time out is Buckfast Abbey gardens but she is fortunate to live very close to the sea and able to walk across with her morning cuppa and watch the waves.
Emma Wheatfill, Programme Manager
Emma started with the Peninsula Cancer Alliance in March 2024. Emma leads on Treatment Variation and Personalised Care and supports the Oncology and Sarcoma work programmes. Emma has worked in the NHS for over 30 years, previously at Devon ICB and Torbay & South Devon NHS Trust working in various service development and operational/service management roles.
Emma has a BA hons degree in Management and Leadership, is a registered Chartered Manager and has various Improvement and Project Management qualifications. Outside of work Emma enjoys going to the gym and hanging out with her children and dog.
Iwona Mezydlo, Programme Manager and Performance Lead
Iwona's role is to support performance improvement and recovery goals against the cancer waiting times standards within the region. She has worked within the NHS for 16 years, and is a certified project manager and has worked in both operations and performance management roles. With vast experience in data quality and improvement projects, Iwona enjoys looking at ways to streamline and improve processes and governance structures, as well as looking for innovative ways of working to improve performance.
Iwona loves spending weekends with her family exploring the local countryside and travelling the world.
Andy Filby, Programme Manager
Andrew Filby has worked with the Peninsula Cancer Alliance since October 2022. His main workstreams surround the Health Inequalities programme and Core 20 plus programme, which aim to negate unfair and avoidable differences in health across the population, and between different groups within society, that arise from unequal distribution of economic, social and environmental conditions.
Andy also supports the Colorectal and Gynae programmes and closely works with the programme rolling out the Lynch testing across the Peninsular.
Outside work Andy is a family man and enjoys spending time on the Beaches of North Devon.
Michelle Weston, Programme Manager
Michelle joined us from CRUK where she worked as a health professional engagement facilitator, she joined the Cancer Alliance as a Project Manager and has been working on the Targeted Lung Health Checks and Pharmacy Pilots. Michelle has gained extensive experience in working with our Primary Care colleagues and enjoys linking our Cancer Services up over Devon and Cornwall.
When she's not working for us Michelle enjoys walks with her family and dog over Dartmoor, and loves the views from 'the pimple'.
Liz Seekings, Programme Manager and Primary Care Lead
Andy Sloper, Senior Analytical Manager
Andy joined us from Devon ICB, where he supported the system level recovery of endoscopy and diagnostic imaging services, and their performance improvement for cancer patients, as part of the commissioning team. Andy has an engineering and science background but has also been the business director of a local charity for adults with a learning disability. Andy is a rowing coach at Dart-Totnes, and when he’s not on or by the river he enjoys hiking on the moor or coast, and in mountains when he can.
Sarah Smith, Project Manager
Sarah Smith is currently the Skin Cancer Lead for the Peninsula Cancer Alliance, where she focuses on improving the skin cancer pathway and supporting service transformation across the region. Sarah has also led the Alliance’s workforce redesign strategy for pathology, helping to address workforce challenges and service capacity. She loves project management and and is passionate about building meaningful, system-wide relationships to drive collaborative improvement.
Beth Kingshott, SSG Support Manager
Beth Kingshott supports the work programme and activities of the Peninsula Cancer Alliance by facilitating the continuation of the Site Specific Groups across the region. Beth also leads on our patient forums and workstreams associated with the NCPES results.
After graduating with a Law degree, Beth began working within private healthcare before joining the NHS in 2018.
In her spare time Beth enjoys long hikes over Dartmoor with her dog, climbing and surfing. You may even find her on bake off one day!
Francesca White, Project Officer
Francesca has worked in the NHS for 6 years, most recently as the Administration Services Manager for the Vaccination Centre in Plymouth. Francesca’s focus is on Primary Care projects within the Cancer Alliance. In her spare time she enjoys running and most recently completed the London Marathon. She also enjoys playing Netball for her local team each week and going on dog walks with her Cockapoo Neville.
Alix Ramelli, Business Manager
Alix has worked in the NHS over 10 years, most recently as a Macmillan Cancer Support Worker in Bristol and provides a range of business support to the team. She is keen to continue developing her career within the cancer alliance team and she is passionate about improving access to services for patients and brings with her a wealth of experience.
In her spare time, Alix loves going on camping adventures with her partner and Miniature Dachshund, Murdock and some of their favourite places to visit are Linton and Lynmouth, and Looe!
Leah Godfree, Administrator
Leah has recently joined the Alliance, however has worked within the NHS for over 20 years. She has experience as an Assistant Practitioner within a busy Radiology department and more recently, worked as a Cancer Support Worker in Plymouth. When not at work, Leah enjoys spending time with her family, going on holiday and walking her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Peggy.
Annette Gillett, Macmillan ACCEND Implementation Programme Manger
Annette joined the Alliance in January 2025 to embed the Aspirant Cancer Career and Education Development (ACCEND) framework across the Peninsula for the non-medical workforce (e.g. CSWs, nurses, AHPs) providing care for people affected by cancer. She trained as a nurse, initially specialising in palliative and end of life care. Since then, she has worked in education and workforce development roles in the NHS and adult social care. She has also worked for Macmillan Cancer Support as Learning and Development Manager, and most recently as Partnership Quality Lead.
Domonique Curaba, Project Manager and Communications Lead
Domonique has been with the Peninsula Cancer Alliance for four years and leads on our innovations pilots and has an interest in AI integration into trust systems. She is the communications lead for the team and works on improvement projects on our local cancer pathways.
When she is not working Domonique likes to surf, cycle and explore the many trails across Devon and Cornwall and she spends a lot of her time on the Hartland coast.