Alliance Blog
Why Targeted Lung Health Checks are so Important15th November 2022
Lung cancer causes more deaths in the UK than any other cancer. Symptoms are normally late to appear and it is therefore often diagnosed at a later stage, when treatment options are more limited. However, most lung cancers grow slowly enough for them to be found at an early stage through a CT scan. To […]
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Cancer Care Map31st October 2022
Northern Cancer Alliance is working with Cancer Care Map to help make local information and support to those experiencing cancer more widely available. What is Cancer Care Map? Cancer Care Map is an online resource to help people living with cancer to find information, support or services available from organisations in their local area. How […]
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An amazing day at PENNA226th October 2022
My name is Julie Stephens (that’s me on the right of the picture with my colleague Andrea) and I work for Healthworks Newcastle as part of the Cancer Community Awareness team covering Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland, South Tyneside and Nissan. Our aim is to raise cancer awareness in the local community, to help people be more […]
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Your Right to Reducing the Risks of Cancer – information for members of the trans/non-binary community17th August 2022
The Northern Cancer Alliance has recently published a new cancer screening leaflet for members of the trans/non-binary community. This leaflet has been coproduced with Be Trans Support and Community and Healthworks Newcastle. The leaflet provides community members with appropriate information and advice with the aim of encouraging participation in the three cancer screening programmes in England (breast, […]
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Improving patient information and support across the region
Macmillan Health and Wellbeing Project I’m Jackie and was appointed as Macmillan Health & Wellbeing Delivery Lead back in March with the Northern Cancer Alliance. I’m excited to be leading a two-year project funded by Macmillan which aims to reduce the variation of information and support available to cancer patients, their carers […]
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Improving the accessibility of breast screening follow up letters25th July 2022
Sunderland People First, a group of self-advocates with learning disabilities and autistic people, and Healthwatch Sunderland have worked in partnership to improve the accessibility of the written information sent to women who are recalled after attending for their breast screening mammogram. The absence of accessible information for women who are recalled was highlighted to Healthwatch […]
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Supporting patients through the airwaves – a new series of podcasts for cancer patients13th June 2022
Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists from Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust have produced a series of podcasts to support their cancer patients. These podcasts provide their patients with access to information on a range of topics at a time to suit them. The team were supported by PROTO provided the sound system, […]
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Local volunteers making a real difference to cancer patients and their loved ones1st June 2022
June 1st, 2022 sees the start of volunteering week in the UK. To celebrate the very special people who give up their time to make a difference to patients and their families, the Cancer Alliance would like to shine a light on a fantastic volunteer service that is making a real difference […]
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A winning night at the HSJ Awards!7th April 2022
The Northern Cancer Alliance received a high commendation and were winners in the category for the “The Best Pharmaceutical Partnership with the NHS” at this year’s HSJ Partnership Awards on 24 March 2022. Both awards recognised the partnership work between the Northern Cancer Alliance and the pharmaceutical company MSD. The partnership has been across a […]
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A day in the life of a Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist – Emily Rees14th March 2022
To mark the first National Cancer CNS Day on 15/03/2022, we are featuring two members of this amazing workforce in our Alliance blog. Emma and Emily have shared with us what a typical day in this role can look and feel like. In this second of the two blogs we feature […]
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