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...
Wishing to make the people of Northern Ireland happier and healthier in 2023, local charity Cancer Focus NI is calling on people to make health and wellbeing their New Year New You resolution priority this January. Advocating for meaningful lifestyle changes, the charity is looking to remind peop...
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...
The Head and Neck conference 2022 was a huge success, taking place during Mouth Cancer Awareness Month on Tuesday 15th November at Dunadry Hotel, Antrim. The day was designed for patients & carers and brought together a range of speakers in the areas of speech, psychology, support options and pa...
Northern Ireland’s longest running cancer charity; Cancer Focus NI funds three-year research fellow post at the Patrick G. Johnston Centre for Cancer Research. This substantial gift of £90,000, made possible thanks to the generosity of the late Dr Jim Birnie, a Trustee of Cancer Focus since 1985 a...
