Prominent businessmen Leslie Hughes and Kenn Nelson welcomed 300 attendees to their recent Oval Ball at the Culloden Estate and Spa and raised an amazing £80,000 for three cancer charities: Cancer Fund for Children, Cancer Focus Northern Ireland and NI Pancreatic Cancer (NIPANC). Taking place on Sat...
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland recently welcomed some 100 head and neck cancer patients, carers, and professionals to their annual Head and Neck Cancer Support and Information Day at The Dunadry Hotel Co. Antrim. Approximately 350 people are diagnosed with head and neck cancers annually in NI. Some 1...
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland has warned of growing health risks in Northern Ireland as waiting times for cancer referrals and treatments remain stagnant far below target, with some continuing to increase. The warning from Northern Ireland’s local cancer charity follows the publication of the latest...
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH NI), a subcommittee of Cancer Focus NI, has today launched their manifesto and vision for a smokefree Northern Ireland by 2035. The ambitious manifesto advocates for a new comprehensive Tobacco Control Strategy, including smoking prevention programmes available to c...
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland welcomes the publishing of the end of term review for the Tobacco Control Strategy for NI which notes some key gains for local people over the past decade. Welcoming the news that overall, there has been a decrease in smoking prevalence, the charity is pleased to see th...
