No Smoking Month is fast approaching, and the Public Health Agency (PHA) and Cancer Focus Northern Ireland are encouraging smokers to ‘Make March Your Month to Quit’. With smoking being the single most entirely preventable cause of ill-health, disability and death, in Northern Ireland it is responsi...
The latest NI Cancer Waiting Times Statistics, published this morning from the NI Department of Health, show continued delays in cancer treatments across the board. Covering patients accessing cancer services at hospitals in Northern Ireland from July to September 2023, the data shows that of the 2,...
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...
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...
Cancer charity urges ‘If in doubt – get checked out’ Cases of mouth cancer in Northern Ireland are expected to almost double between 2015 and 2035, Cancer Focus Northern Ireland said today. Between 2014 and 2018 an average of 246 people in Northern Ireland were diagnosed with mouth cancer each y...
