As part of its Go Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness campaign, a local cancer charity has today opened applications for an upcoming breast cancer wellness retreat, taking place in Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal from 17 to 19 November. Part of Cancer Focus NI’s Thrive Support Group, a service designed specifi...
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland has said the ongoing absence of an Executive and Assembly is putting cancer patients and those awaiting a diagnosis at further risk. It follows the publication of the latest NI Cancer Waiting Times Statistics for January – March 2023 from the Department of Health which...
The Public Health Agency have launched the “Care in the Sun” Living Well campaign launched. “Care in the sun” is running in community pharmacies throughout June and July as part of the Living Well service. Living Well is offered in over 500 pharmacies across Northern Irelan...
Local charity, Cancer Focus Northern Ireland, calls for urgent action and more equitable treatment in response to the Department of Health’s latest quarterly cancer waiting times (July to September 2022). Challenging the missed targets, Richard Spratt, CEO of Cancer Focus NI said, “We enter yet ano...
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland has welcomed today’s release of the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry’s most up-to-date statistics on the number of breast, colorectal, oesophageal, stomach and head & neck cancers diagnosed in Northern Ireland each year during 1993 to 2020. Welcoming the report, Ric...
