Archive for category: Breast Cancer / Women’s Health
14
August
2024

Cancer Focus NI joins the call for the ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ to end long-term financial discrimination against people living with cancer

A new study published today by Lancet Oncology, one of the world’s leading cancer journals, highlights that cancer survivors are often subject to repeated discrimination from financial institutions when trying to access loans, mortgages, health and travel insurance, and other financial packages. Thi...

11
January
2024

Time is running out for cancer patients, and “waiting time statistics are only part of the story”, says Cancer Focus Northern Ireland

The latest NI Cancer Waiting Times Statistics, published this morning from the NI Department of Health, show continued delays in cancer treatments across the board. Covering patients accessing cancer services at hospitals in Northern Ireland from July to September 2023, the data shows that of the 2,...

09
October
2023

Hundreds unite in colourful show at annual Pink Run

The Slipways were awash with colour on Sunday 8 October as hundreds of runners covered themselves head-to-toe in powder for Cancer Focus NI’s famous annual Pink Run, proudly sponsored by Dale Farm. The event, now in its eighth year, saw participants complete a non-competitive 5km and 10km fun run th...