Our Mission

Claire has worked throughout her career in Healthcare and Medical Technologies. She is driven by the opportunity to bring innovations to patients lives, and thereby improve their outcomes. She has a deep knowledge of the NHS and the UK healthcare ecosystem.

Claire started her career in the fields of Critical Care and Respiratory Medicine; working across several blue-chip organisations and latterly a British founder-led enterprise, which she took global. After which she moved to work in an Orthopaedics global multinational and before joining 18 Week Support working across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with responsibilities across a multitude of medical areas including Dermatology, Urology, Women’s Health and ENT within the field of Medical Lasers.

18 Week Support was borne out of Conal’s vision to support and expedite patient access to medical care in the UK. He is passionate about improving efficiency and outcomes in healthcare.

As a Consultant Dermatologist & Dermatological Surgeon at University College London Hospitals NHS Trust (UCLH) and Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, he has contributed to Dermatology and skin cancer services in the NHS for many years. He has served as the Skin Cancer Lead at UCLH, the Mohs Micrographic Surgery Lead to the London Cancer Skin Pathway Board and the Dermatologist to the London Sarcoma Service. Awarded a prestigious Cancer Research UK Fellowship, he subsequently received his PhD in 2008 for his research into skin cancer. He is on the Board of the British Society for Skin Care in Immunocompromised Individuals (BSSCII) and is also an alumnus of Goldman Sachs International.

Andrew ensures the business remains in strong financial health to deliver on the ambitious growth plans, covering financing, risk management, systems & controls, forecasting reporting & analysis. Andrew qualified with PWC and has a background in retail banking, multi-site hospitality & healthcare businesses. Experienced in operational improvements, M&A and private sector collaborations with the NHS including Independent Sector Treatment Centres & migrating targeted services out of hospitals into the homecare environment. With over 12 years board level experience in PE backed businesses he has a passion for strengthening the brand by delivering the best for our staff, patients & customers.

Charlie is 18 Week Support Director of Strategy & Marketing. Charlie began his career in Healthcare fast moving consumer goods products at Reckitt, working on brands like Nurofen, Gaviscon and Optrex. After working his way through sales and marketing teams, Charlie moved into Reckitt Global, working to create a new scalable business model that disrupted Reckitt’s core business. Charlie then founded his own start-up in the e-commerce space, which he exited in early 2022. Charlie’s core focus is to bring a patient, customer and clinician-centric perspective to everything we do at 18 Week Support.

Dr Matthew Banks is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at University College London Hospital NHS Trust (UCLH). He has an academic appointment as an honorary senior lecturer at The National Medical Laser Centre, University College London (UCL). Previously he was Director of Endoscopy at UCLH and has also held the same position at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

Dr Ian Logan is a Consultant Dermatologist and Dermatological Surgeon at the London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. In addition to his role in the dermatology clinical leadership team for 18 Week Support, Ian is chair of the clinical governance committee. His areas of expertise and interest include skin cancer management, adult general dermatology, skin surgery, dermatopathology, and quality improvement.

Miss Joanna Franks is a Consultant Breast and Oncoplastic Surgeon. Her area of expertise is the assessment and management of all conditions relating to the breast, including both benign and malignant breast disease and asymptomatic patients with a family history. She is a trustee of Future Dreams, a charity dedicated to raising funds for support, awareness and research for those touched by breast cancer. She is a member of the medical advisory panel for Chai Cancer and is a professional reviewer for Macmillan Cancer Support Documents.

Mr Charles Imber is the Consultant Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgeon at the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust and the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). He is also Clinical Lead in Liver Transplantation at the Royal Free Hospital in London, where he performs liver transplant surgery as well as HPB surgery. He is also Consultant Surgeon at The Princess Grace Hospital. He is a member of the London Sarcoma service based at UCH and in charge of the National Organ Retrieval Service (NORS) for the North London region. He performed the first robotic liver resection and the first robotic pancreatic resections in the UK successfully and is a pioneer in this form of minimally invasive complex abdominal surgery.

Dr Imran Ahmad is the Deputy Clinical Director for Theatres, Anaesthesia and Pre-operative medicine at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Trust, London. Imran did all of his anaesthesia training in the Oxford Deanery with advanced training in difficult airway management. He then moved to London in 2008 when he started his consultant post at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Hospital (GSTT).

Peter is an experienced NHS Gynaecologist who has extensive experience in the provision and development of Gynaecological services. He works in both the NHS and private settings.

He has previously functioned as the lead physician in Gynaecology and has worked with various RCOG committees. Peter has served on the medical advisory board of HCA for many years and was instrumental in establishing the West London Gynaecological Cancer Service at the Hammersmith Hospital

Mr Colin Hopper is a Consultant at the Eastman Dental Hospital and University College Hospital (UCLH), a position he’s held for over 20 years, and Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon at UCLH. Colin is the programme director for the MSc and MClin Dent program at UCL Eastman Dental Institute. Since 1991, he has worked at the National Medical Centre leading a variety of research projects on the use of photodynamic therapy in the treatment of oral squamous cell carcinoma. This programme is one of the largest in the world.

Professor Toby Richards is a leading Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon at University College Hospital and Royal Free Hospital. Toby is Director for the UCL Centre of Cardiovascular and Interventional Research, overseeing PhD students and undergraduates. He is one of the first surgeons in the UK to offer both open and endovascular options to patients with vascular disease and is a pioneer of anaemia management and intravenous iron therapy in the UK.

Mr Nish Mehta graduated with double distinction in medicine and 1st Class Honours in Physiology from Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Medical School and completed his advanced surgical training in leading London hospitals, including Great Ormond Street, St Bartholomew’s, Royal National ENT and Imperial Trust hospitals. He gained a fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons and undertook further international surgical training in the USA, Netherlands and India. He was then selected to train to become one of the UK’s handful of hearing implant surgeons as part of the prestigious Graham Fraser Memorial Fellowship in Sydney, Australia. He is now a NIHR BRC funded Associate Professor of deafness and hearing health at the internationally renowned Ear Institute, within UCL and co-lead of the NIHR Hearing health Health Informatics Collaborative.

Mr Danny Mitry is the Clinical Lead for Ophthalmology for 18 Week Support. Mr Danny Mitry is a leading Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon based at the Royal Free Hospital in London. He has held several major research grants in support of his academic research. He’s been an invited speaker at international ophthalmic conferences and has been awarded several research awards for his work.

Mr Jai Seth is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at St George’s University Hospital. He leads the Urodynamic, Female Urology and Neuro-Urology service at St George’s Hospital, supports the continence service at Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, and is part of a specialised team providing cancer survivorship at the Royal Marsden Hospital for men with post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence. He provides liaison support for the bladder management of patients at the Royal Hospital for Neurodisability in Putney.

Dr David McKean is a Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. He is currently the Radiology Research Lead for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Director of the Stoke Mandeville Musculoskeletal & Spinal Radiology Fellowship, Radiology Lead for the National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) MDT and has previously acted as Associate Medical Director for Research and Innovation.

Dr Michael Devine is currently an Honorary Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (Queen Square). Michael is also a Postdoctoral Fellow for the Wellcome Trust where he is studying the impact of Parkinson’s disease-related mutations. He is heavily involved in academia and is currently responsible for the Critchley Round at Queen Square which is a weekly teaching round for undergraduates, elective and postgraduate students at the hospital, involving patients from the wards.

Mr Jonathan Dunne is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon specialising in Facial Plastic Surgery, Skin Cancer and Head & Neck Surgery. Mr Dunne is the Founder of the Imperial Facial Reconstruction Centre, a multi-specialty collaborative providing expert care, and leads the Imperial Plastic Surgery Skin Cancer service. He trained in Bristol, Yorkshire, Sydney and Malawi and completed specialist training in Plastic Surgery in London hospitals including Chelsea & Westminster, Royal Free, St George’s and Charing Cross. He is uniquely trained in all aspects of facial plastic surgery, undertaking two further years of fellowships in minimally invasive facial skin cancer treatment (Mohs Surgery), head & neck microvascular surgery, facial palsy, oculoplastic surgery, and craniofacial and aesthetic surgery. His further training in facial plastic surgery was completed in Melbourne, Boston and Stockholm, and aesthetic training in London hospitals including the Wellington, King Edward VII’s Hospital, the London Clinic and St John and St Elizabeth’s. Mr Dunne is passionate about Plastic Surgery education and development in resource-poor settings, and is a trustee of the Malawi Burns Trust and a member of the national committee for BFIRST (British Foundation for International Reconstructive Surgery & Training).