Following yesterday’s General Election, Cancer Focus NI Chief Executive Richard Spratt comments: “As we welcome the new MPs, we also remind them that cancer cannot wait. With one in two of us projected to face a cancer diagnosis in our lifetimes, cancer will likely touch everyone, either throu...
With the first 2024 cancer waiting times due out at the end of the month, Cancer Focus Northern Ireland reflects on the cancer waiting times seen in 2023. These waits are some of the worst on record, with only 30% of people starting treatments within 62 days of an urgent referral for suspected cance...
Amanda Legge’s world came crashing down on the 23rd of November 2020, when her husband Jonathan aged only 40 years old, was diagnosed with cancer. Jonathan Legge, a Bangor native, was experiencing back pain and after a few appointments with a chiropractor didn’t help, Jonathan contacted his GP for f...
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland releases today their manifesto for the 2024 UK General Election. It features 15 measures that, if implemented, could help prevent cancers, reduce health inequalities, and improve health outcomes and patient care. The manifesto is a call for MP candidates and political p...
A momentous occasion took place yesterday at Stormont as 34 cancer charities working across all Health Trusts came together to form the first Northern Ireland Cancer Charities Coalition. Formally partnering to establish a local sector voice, the aim of the membership organisation is to strengthen ad...
