Patient Advocate

Angela King is an Independent Patient and Citizen Advocate. She has been an active advocate for over 30 years, including 20 years of Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in health research, and has personal experience of long-term illnesses and cancer-related end of life caring. Angela started in the voluntary sector as helpline volunteer, Trustee and then CEO, before shifting focus to Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in health research. As well as serving on several advisory and commissioning boards/panels, she is involved in individual research studies (mostly cancer related), contribute to articles and papers, deliver workshops and lectures on PPI, and carry out PPI advisory work. Angela is also Chair for the Citizens’ Panel within the Response Study at the University of Leeds.