Congratulations to Belfast public affairs consultancy Stratagem who’ve won Best Northern Ireland Campaign at the prestigious national 2015 Public Affairs Awards in London. The award was in recognition of supporting Cancer Focus Northern Ireland’s Equal Access Campaign calling for local patients to h...
Christine Garrett (29) from Lisbane, Comber, was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2011. When she discovered she had the BRCA2 gene she opted for a double mastectomy. Here, she tells her courageous story. “I was working as a nursing auxiliary in the Belfast City Hospital Intensive Care Unit and h...
Leading local pharmacy group MediCare has announced Cancer Focus Northern Ireland as its new charity partner for 2015/2016. Michael Guerin, Managing Director MediCare, said: “We’re delighted to be working in partnership with Cancer Focus NI over the coming year. “Historically we have a strong...
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland is the first local charity to receive recognition for its excellent achievements at the prestigious Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) annual awards. A total of 26 organisations from across the UK were presented with awards for their work in health and wellbeing...
Belfast mum Kylee Murphy wants to alert other young women to the signs and symptoms of thyroid cancer in September – thyroid cancer awareness month – after getting a shock diagnosis earlier this year. The 29-year-old has just completed her treatment and is waiting to find out if it’s bee...
