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NHS England praises cancer performance in north east London
Thanks to great collaboration and innovation across a wide range of partners over the last year, residents in north east London are benefitting from quicker cancer diagnosis and improved cancer care.
Beating bowel cancer in 2024
Someone dies of bowel cancer every 30 minutes in the UK. It’s the second biggest cancer killer, but it shouldn’t be, because it’s treatable and curable. Nearly everyone diagnosed at the earliest stages will survive the disease.
Celebration of International Women’s Day with Tower Hamlets Council
On Saturday 9 March 2024 from 11:00 to 18:00, North East London Cancer Alliance teamed up with a host of partners at a special event run by London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the Grocers Wing of Tower Hamlets Town Hall.
You need to know that You Need to Know is an award winner!
A life-saving womb cancer awareness campaign by North East London Cancer Alliance, in partnership with leading gynae charity Eve Appeal and communications agency AKT Health, has been awarded a Bronze award at the PM Society awards on 15 March 2024 in the Diversity & Inclusion in Creative Comm
‘Sponge on a string’ test expands in north east London
An innovative cancer test which is a quicker alternative to traditional techniques such as an endoscopy is now available to patients at Whipps Cross Hospital for the first time.
Launch of prostate cancer video for the black community
North East London Cancer Alliance has been working with black men to raise awareness of the increased risk of black men getting prostate cancer, which is 1 in 4 compared to 1 in 8 white men.
HSJ Cancer Forum shines spotlight on the great work of cancer alliances
At the annual HSJ Cancer Forum, which took place on Wednesday 13 March at the Leonardo Royal Hotel in Tower Hill, key leaders in cancer care from across the country got together to share innovation, ideas and experiences to help continue the progress being made in improving cancer care in England
North East London conference celebrates the hard work of our cancer clinical nurse specialists
On 15 March, National Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Day, Alison Hill (Director of nursing for Cancer and Palliative care at Barts) and Mary Flatley (Lead Cancer Nurse Homerton) hosted a special event at the Bishopsgate Institute for our Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) who work in North East L
National Clinical Nurse Specialist Day 2024
On 15 March 2024, National Clinical Nurse Specialist Day shines a light on the wonderful work of cancer clinical nurse specialists (CNS) helping to support patients far and wide.