Scottish Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer 2025
The Scottish Referral Guidelines (SRGs) for Suspected Cancer support primary care clinicians in identifying patients who are most likely to have cancer and therefore require urgent assessment by a specialist.
Appendix 2 – Membership of the SRG Steering Group
SRG Project Team - Appendix 1
Rory Mackenzie - Chair; National Associate Clinical Director, CfSD; Consultant in Critical Care, NHS Lanarkshire
Lorna Porteous - Vice Chair; GP Lead for Cancer and Palliative Care, NHS Lothian; Co-Clinical Lead of the Scottish Primary Care Cancer Group
Hugh Brown - Vice Chair of the 2018 SRG Review; General Practitioner, NHS Ayrshire & Arran
Samantha Harrison - Head of Strategic Evidence Team and International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership Research Lead, Cancer Research UK
Linda Sparks - National Improvement Advisor, CfSD
Douglas Rigg - GP Cancer Lead, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde; Co-Clinical Lead of Scottish Primary Care Cancer Group
Elspeth Strang - General Practitioner and Scottish Clinical Leadership Fellow, CfSD
Lorraine Sloan - Previously with Macmillan Cancer Support and part of the 2018 SRG Review
Evelyn Thomson - Regional Cancer Network Manager, West of Scotland Cancer Network (WoSCAN)
Gillian Watson - Project Manager, NHS Tayside; Cancer Managers Forum representative
Babu Mukhopadhyay - Realistic Medicine Lead, NHS Lanarkshire
Safia Qureshi - Director of Evidence and Digital, NHS Healthcare Improvement Scotland
Fiona Glen - Associate Director of Evidence/Head of Research & Information Service, NHS Healthcare Improvement Scotland
Jean Sargeant - Quality Partnership and Primary Care Lead, Macmillan Cancer Support Scotland
Contact
Email: cfsdcancerandedteam@nhs.scot