Dr Frances Yuille

29/01/2024

Born in Zimbabwe, Dr Yuille trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London qualifying in 1987. After numerous posts in the South of England she started oncology training at the Edinburgh Cancer Centre in 1992. Following four years of training in Edinburgh in clinical oncology she moved to Newcastle and thereafter the Beatson Oncology Centre in Glasgow. Her first Consultant post was at the Beatson Oncology Centre with a specialist interest in breast and lung cancer. Since 2001 she has been a consultant in Edinburgh specialising in breast and lymphoma management. Dr Yuille's breast practice for 23 years has been in SJH Livingston and the Edinburgh Breast Unit seeing breast cancer patients with early and secondary breast cancer and treating with them with all modalities of treatment. She has been closely involved in training throughout her career and wrote the current Clinical Oncology curriculum. Additionally her interests are communications skills and quality improvement. She has a lovely happy family and enjoys them, her friends and exploring Scotland and the rest of the world. Hobbies include music, the gym, walking the hills, reading and mindfulness.