Archive for category: General
20
October
2014

New Holywood charity shop

The sun shone for TV weather forecaster Cecilia Daly as she cut the ribbon for the official opening of our new charity shop in Holywood High Street. Cecilia joined shop manager Michelle Fordyce and other members of staff and shop volunteers for the ceremony while customers were treated to special Ca...

07
October
2014

Health Minister receives petition

Health Minister Jim Wells has received a 24,000 strong petition supporting Cancer Focus NI’s call for equal access to cancer drugs for local patients. A wheelbarrow load of signatures was delivered by our Chief Executive Roisin Foster and cancer patients Vera Sanderson and Allister Murphy on t...

12
September
2014

Focus on cancer drugs inequity

Cancer Focus NI has welcomed the Health Committee’s commitment to investigate why a UK-wide deal between Government and industry isn’t delivering equal access to cancer drugs. At its first scheduled meeting after Summer recess, the Assembly’s Health Committee agreed to call officials from the Depart...

05
August
2014

Clarify equal access to cancer drugs – call

Leading cancer charity, Cancer Focus NI, has asked the Health Minister to provide clarification around a review promised to look at the availability of cancer drugs in Northern Ireland. The Equal Access Campaign is calling for cancer patients in Northern Ireland to be given the same access to 38 can...

04
July
2014

Meeting Minister on Equal Access

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...