Cancer Focus Northern Ireland has warmly welcomed the Department of Health’s decision to grant NI cancer patients the same access to life extending drugs as patients living in the rest of the UK following its four year Equal Access campaign. In 2014 Cancer Focus NI spearheaded the Equal Access campa...
Breast cancer survivor Betty McKee has taken on a brand new voluntary role giving vital support to local women. Betty, a retired psychiatric nurse from Downpatrick, has volunteered to become a specialist bra and swimwear fitter for women who have gone through breast cancer surgery. The free bra-fitt...
Holywood man Tim Page, who is married to Ruth and has two sons, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in 1984 at just 20 years of age. Since then he has had blood cancer four more times and had been through exhaustive treatments. In December 2017, he had a donor transplant and is recovering well. He...
Cancer Focus NI is delighted to announce its new charity partnership with Ulster GAA for 2018. Cancer Focus NI has enjoyed a long-standing and fruitful partnership with Ulster GAA, which we look forward to developing over the next 12 months. Each year Ulster GAA select a charity partner and this yea...
As part of Men’s Health Week (June 11 to 17), Cancer Focus Northern Ireland is calling on local men to take one small step for their health – which could be a giant step against cancer. Cancer has a major impact on the health of men in Northern Ireland with around 6,600 diagnosed with the dis...
