Breast Pathway Board
Key People
Miss Anne Armstrong
Clinical Lead Breast Services, Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance
Dr Armstrong is a Consultant Medical Oncologist specialising in breast cancer.
After qualifying from Bristol University in 1995, she underwent specialist training here at The Christie. Dr Armstrong was awarded a PhD from The University of Manchester in 2002 investigating the use of vaccines against cancer.
In 2007 she was appointed as a Consultant Medical Oncologist at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and subsequently as an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester.
Dr Armstrong is actively involved in clinical research and is a member of the NCRN Breast Clinical Studies Group and the NICE Familial Breast Cancer Guideline Development Group.
Dr Armstrong has been part of the breast cancer leadership team at the Cancer Alliance since 2023 as the lead for breast oncology; she was appointed to the clinical lead role in spring 2026.
Claire Goldrick
Pathway Manager for Breast, Neuro-oncology and Research, Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance:
Claire has been working at Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance for over six years as a pathway manager, facilitating multiple pathway boards to deliver system wide improvements to cancer pathways and patient care, including Breast, Head and Neck, Genomics, Neuro-oncology and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary cancer. The pathway boards offer an clinically led, collaborative approach to service improvement and bring together stakeholders from across Greater Manchester to create an engaged, multidisciplinary board which is representative of the whole patient pathway.
Prior to working at the alliance, Claire worked at Cancer Research UK as their Northwest Clinical Research Associate, covering a range of early phase clinical trials. Claire has also held roles at The Christie Clinical Trials Unit and Macmillan building a wealth of experience in clinical cancer research and service improvement.
Claire has also qualified as a coach and mentor with the Chartered Management Institute and is currently part of the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson NHS Senior Leadership Programme.
