Alliance Blog
Pathway Dedicated to Breast Pain Only Available Across the North East and North Cumbria14th March 2025
The breast pain pathway was initially developed and launched in 2023 and over the last two years has rolled out across the whole of the North East and North Cumbria. Breast pain is very common in women of all ages and whether it is described as sharp or burning pain, discomfort, a bruised sensation, throbbing […]
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Meet the Team… Clare Doney, Clinical Lead for Personalised Care19th December 2024
Hi I’m Clare Doney, the clinical lead for personalised care for the Northern Cancer Alliance covering the North East and North Cumbria. I’ve been in this role for 5 years and also work as the Lead Cancer Nurse for County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust. My job is to provide clinical input and leadership around […]
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Pioneering Programme Finds 500 Lung Cancers in North East and North Cumbria10th December 2024
More than 500 people have been diagnosed with lung cancer earlier by a pioneering NHS programme in the North East and North Cumbria. The Lung Cancer Screening programme helps to save lives by identifying lung cancer at an earlier stage, while it is more likely to be curable. More than 180,000 people in the region […]
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Northern Cancer Alliance Innovators Shortlisted in the Bright Ideas in Health Awards29th October 2024
The finalists for this year’s Bright Ideas in Health Awards have been revealed. Hundreds of innovators from across the region submitted deserving entries across ten categories. Our team behind has been shortlisted in the Innovation and Improvement in Reducing Healthcare Inequalities Category for their work on improving breast screening and breast cancer survival rates for […]
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Northern Cancer Alliance Launch Unmet Need Call22nd October 2024
In collaboration with the North East and North Cumbria ICB, the Northern Cancer Alliance aims to diagnose 75% of cancers at an early stage. To reach that goal, the Northern Cancer Alliance has launched a specific unmet need call, searching for innovations designed to help early detection and diagnosis within cancer pathways. We are […]
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TOUR OF HOPE 30 – THE ROY CASTLE FOUNDATION AND LUNG CANCER SCREENING PROGRAMME WORKING TOGETHER11th October 2024
On 20 July 1994, Roy Castle, the beloved entertainer of stage and screen, set out on an epic 3 day journey across the United Kingdom to raise awareness of lung cancer and raise funds for essential research. Roy’s journey became known as ‘The Tour of Hope’. Donations eventually totalled over £1million. Newcastle was one of the […]
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A Routine Test Saved my Life…it Could Save Yours Too8th October 2024
Kathryn Cowley was diagnosed with breast cancer after going to Chesterfield Royal Hospital for a routine mammogram in July 2022. After the mammogram detected an abnormality, she underwent further investigations which showed she had breast cancer. Kathryn, now 58, said: “I was shocked but the consultant went through each step and put me at ease, […]
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Cancer Alliance Team Shortlisted for Patient Experience Award2nd September 2024
The Northern Cancer Alliance (NCA) has been shortlisted for a national healthcare award. The Patient Experience Network National Awards are the first and only awards programme to recognise best practice in patient experience across all parts of health and social care in the UK. The NCA has been shortlisted in the Category of Cancer Experience of Care […]
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2023 National Cancer Patient Experience Survey Results Published
The Cancer Patient Experience Survey (CPES) aims to understand people’s experiences of cancer care to help improve the quality of NHS cancer services. The survey takes place each year and covers all acute and specialist NHS trusts in England that provide adult acute cancer services. It is the 13th year that the survey has been […]
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NHS-Galleri Trial Participants Complete Third and Final Appointments18th July 2024
The Northern Cancer Alliance is proud to support the NHS-Galleri trial. The NHS-Galleri trial is looking into the use of a blood test to see if it can help the NHS to detect cancer early when used alongside existing cancer screening. 140,000 people have volunteered to take part in the trial across England. From July […]
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