The All-Party Group on Cancer met earlier this month to discuss health inequalities in Northern Ireland. Israel Eguaogie (Founder and Project Services Coordinator of iAssist-NI) spoke about the challenges Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities face when trying to access cancer care. Th...
Richard Spratt, Chief Executive of Cancer Focus Northern Ireland, responds to the Northern Ireland Budget announced last week: “We welcome the announcement of a budget for Northern Ireland and especially the £7.76B awarded for the Department of Health, with £34M dedicated to waiting lists. We unders...
Smoking is known to cause severe health risks, including cancer, but it is not only people that smoking hurts: smoking is also damaging for the environment. In addition to cigarette litter – with an estimated 12 billion cigarette butts dropped on streets globally every day – tobacco causes environme...
Yesterday afternoon, the All-Party Group on Cancer at the NI Assembly met to discuss Skin Cancer and its Prevention. The APG featured presentations from Consultant Dermatologist Dr David Alderdice, Consultant Nurse Sheena Stothers, Dr Louise Herron (Deputy Director of Public Health at the NI Public...
The latest NI Cancer Waiting Times Statistics once again show delays in cancer treatments across the board. On an annual basis, the waiting times have been largely below target and worsening since at least 2012. Published this morning from the NI Department of Health, the data covers patients access...
