News
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...

01
July
2014

ManAlive is superfit

More than 4,000 men used the potentially life-saving Cancer Focus NI ManAlive service in the Southern Trust in a two year period from 2011 to 2013. The project, first of its kind in Northern Ireland, has been hailed as a huge success and has exceeded all its targets, according to a new independent e...

26
June
2014

Consultation on standarised packs welcomed

Cancer Focus NI  welcomes the UK government’s announcement of a consultation on draft regulations for standardised packaging of tobacco products. Gerry McElwee, Head of Cancer Prevention for Cancer Focus NI, said: “Standardised packaging has massive public and political support because it will prote...

17
June
2014

Equal Access Campaign

We called on you to pledge your support for our campaign for Equal Access to life-prolonging cancer drugs for patients in Northern Ireland. More than 70,000 local people responded and pledged their support on line or in writing. We’d like to thank everyone who helped in any way with this campa...