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15
May
2015

More support needed for cancer patients

By: Cancer Focus Fundraising Events Team0

Recommendations to improve support for cancer patients in Northern Ireland have been published by Queen’s University Belfast and Cancer Focus NI. The report ‘Dying with Cancer – Perspectives of Bereaved Relatives and Friends’ has identified key factors influencing what enables cancer patients...

04
July
2014

Meeting Minister on Equal Access

By: Cancer Focus Fundraising Events Team0

Cancer patients and charities, headed by Cancer Focus NI, held an ‘encouraging’ meeting with Health Minister Edwin Poots on July 3 2014 to discuss equal access to cancer drugs for Northern Ireland. Mr Poots  said he was firmly committed to finding a speedy, politically acceptable resolut...

01
July
2014

ManAlive is superfit

By: Cancer Focus Fundraising Events Team0

More than 4,000 men used the potentially life-saving Cancer Focus NI ManAlive service in the Southern Trust in a two year period from 2011 to 2013. The project, first of its kind in Northern Ireland, has been hailed as a huge success and has exceeded all its targets, according to a new independent e...