The Calman–Hine report of 1995 examined cancer services in the United Kingdom, and proposed a restructuring of cancer services to achieve a more equitable level of access to high levels of expertise throughout the country.[1]
It was named for Kenneth Calman, Chief Medical Officer for England and Deirdre Hine, the Chief Medical Officers for Wales.[2] Calman chaired the expert group which together with Hine was made up of Dr J Bullimore, Dr T Davies, Dr I Finlay, Mr P Foster, Prof J Hardcastle, Prof R Haward, Ms Rebecca Miles, Gillian Oliver, Prof P Selby, Prof K Sikora, Dr K Thompson, and Dr Howard Marsh. [3]