Cervical cancer prevention week
This week is cervical cancer prevention week, and we are working hard to encourage people in north east London to attend their cervical screening appointments.
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Launch of Targeted Lung Health Check video
We have launched a short, animated video to help explain what happens at a lung health check and to show how quick and simple it is to have a scan of your lungs.
This is aimed at anyone who has been invited to attend, as part of the NHS Targeted Lung Health Check Programme.
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Patient praises Best For My Chest
Our Best For My Chest Campaign, launched in partnership with leading LGBTIQ+ cancer charity OUTpatients, has recently received great feedback from one of the volunteers who got involved in the campaign from the start.
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Fear of cancer recurrence workshop
NHS East London Foundation Trust and NHS Barts Health are holding a 'fear of cancer recurrence' workshop. This will take place on Thursday 19 January 2023 from 10.30am - 12.30pm at Vicarage Lane Health Centre, E15 4ES.
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Cervical screening video tops 100,000 views
Our cervical screening video to help encourage young Muslim women to attend cervical screening has now reached over 100,000 views thanks to our work with Muslim Sisterhood.
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Lung cancer engagement with Bangladeshi community will help save lives
As part of lung cancer awareness month last November, Barts Health and North East London Cancer Alliance worked with the Bangla Press Club in Tower Hamlets to deliver key messages about lung cancer to the Bangladeshi community.
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1,000 free lung scans
The Targeted Lung Health Check Programme in Barking & Dagenham reached a major milestone on 22 December, as the 1,000th local resident received a free lung scan.
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Lung cancer awareness month 2022
November is lung cancer awareness month and the North East London Cancer Alliance is busy working away to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of lung cancer, as well as to
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NHS tummy troubles awareness campaign
As part of the ‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign, NHS England is raising awareness of cancers in the abdominal area and urological cancers.
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