Local charity Cancer Focus Northern Ireland has responded to the Department of Health’s latest recent quarterly cancer waiting times (Oct – Dec 2021). Richard Spratt, CEO of Cancer Focus NI has said, “Yet again, we are very concerned that large numbers of local cancer patients have not been seen wit...
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland has warmly welcomed the Northern Ireland Cancer Strategy and accompanying Funding Plan, launched today by the Health Minister to improve prevention, early diagnosis, waiting times, treatment, and survival. Welcoming the strategy, Richard Spratt, Chief Executive of Cance...
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland has welcomed today’s release of the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry’s most up to date statistics on lung cancers diagnosed here. The document includes information on the number of lung cancers diagnosed in Northern Ireland in 2020. It includes information on numbers,...
Strabane mum Naoimh Simpson is encouraging everyone to lace up their trainers and March a Million steps to help Cancer Focus Northern Ireland deliver vital services to cancer patients and their families across Northern Ireland. Naoimh and her neighbour Michelle are taking on the challenge to complet...
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland’s mission is to eliminate cancer where possible and reduce its impact on society. We want cancer incidence rates here to be among the lowest in the world: we want our cancer patients to have among the best outcomes in the world. This is ambitious, but we believe our peo...
