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10
June
2015

Rugby hero tackles cancer

By: Cancer Focus Fundraising Events Team0

Irish international rugby legend and TV commentator Tony Ward was a guest speaker at our 2015 Men and Cancer Conference. The annual event, held in Antrim, highlighted Men’s Health Week, which runs from June 15-21, and was attended by more than 100 health professionals and others with an interest in...

28
April
2015

Focus on workers’ sun safety

By: Cancer Focus Fundraising Events Team0

Cancer Focus Northern Ireland and the Public Health Agency launched a new sun safety package for outdoor workers in April 2015. Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer diagnosed in Northern Ireland, with around 3,550 cases every year. Farmers, builders, grounds staff and postal workers are jus...

20
March
2015

Support access to drugs meetings

By: Cancer Focus Fundraising Events Team0

Cancer Focus NI is urging local people to attend their local public meeting to voice their opinions on how to improve access to specialist drugs. The DHSSPS has organised a series of meetings across Northern Ireland (details below) intended to provide an opportunity for public discussion of the rece...

11
March
2015

Teen ‘proud to be a quitter’

By: Cancer Focus Fundraising Events Team0

Teenager Rachel Armstrong joined forces with Cancer Focus NI on No Smoking Day, March 11, to urge smokers to kick the habit. The 15-year-old, who started smoking when she was just 10, says she is proud to be a quitter. “I had a few older friends who smoked and that where I got my first cigarette. So...

17
February
2015

Drugs fund report welcomed

By: Cancer Focus Fundraising Events Team0

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...