Helen Benson
Chief Pharmacist, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Helen Benson has been a hospital pharmacist for over 18 years. She has worked in a number of different pharmacist roles, specialising and working within oncology for the last 12 years. She is currently Chief Pharmacist at the Royal Marsden NHSFT, a world leading cancer hospital, leading a team of 180 staff to ensure patients receive the most up-to-date medicines in the safest way.
Helen qualified in 1998 with an MPharm (Hons) Degree and became a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. She obtained an MSc in Clinical Pharmacy in 2007. Helen has recently been accepted on the Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) Leadership Development programme. She is also a member of the British Oncology Pharmacy Association.