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06
March
2015

Wine Inns raises £13,877 for us

Wine Inn employees and customers have raised a magnificent £13,877 during a very successful one year corporate partnership with local cancer charity, Cancer Focus Northern Ireland. Maeve Colgan, Head of Income Generation at Cancer Focus NI, said: “We would like to say a massive thank you to all the...

17
February
2015

Drugs fund report welcomed

Proposed changes to NI’s current drug approval process have been welcomed by Cancer Focus Northern Ireland. Following the charity’s Equal Access campaign for the same access to cancer drugs for Northern Ireland patients as those living in England, Health Minister Jim Wells announced a review in May...

02
February
2015

Minister’s go ahead on plain packs 

Local cancer charity Cancer Focus Northern Ireland is delighted by the Health Minister’s announcement to support the introduction of standardised cigarette packaging in Northern Ireland. Today the Health Minister Jim Wells confirmed that Northern Ireland will be included in UK-wide regulations on st...

22
January
2015

Welcome for plain packs move

A decision by the government to move forward with plans to ban branding on cigarette packs has been warmly welcomed by local cancer charity, Cancer Focus Northern Ireland. The move to prevent cigarettes being sold in glamorous, branded packaging will help protect the next generation of children and...