We are pleased to report that the North East London Cancer Alliance has been shortlisted for two Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards. This was formally announced on Monday 14 August by the HSJ.

Since we launched free lung health checks for residents in Barking & Dagenham in July 2022 and Tower Hamlets in June 2023, as part of the national Targeted Lung Health Check Programme, we have invited over 21,430 eligible participants to take part, carried out over 10,740 telephone triage lun

Receiving a cancer diagnosis, making decisions, and coping with treatment can be all-consuming.  Many people focus on doing everything they can to get through each day, and complete treatments with the aim of being cured and putting “everything behind” them. 

We are sad to share the news that unfortunately Jay McLaughlin, who was one of our patient and carer representatives, has passed away peacefully at St Joseph’s Hospice at the age of 43.

Latest figures from NHS England and Improvement show that Barts Health has been reducing the backlog for treatment for urgent suspected cancer patients who have been waiting more than 62 days.

The ‘You Need to Know’ womb cancer awareness campaign, which is helping to save lives in north east London, has been recognised in The Lancet, a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal and one of the oldest of its kind.

North East London Cancer Alliance has funded a project being run by CATTs (Cancer Awareness for Teens and Twenties) that is delivering a series of engaging cancer awareness workshops to Year 10 and Year 11 pupils in secondary schools in the boroughs of Redbridge and Havering.

July is Sarcoma Awareness Month, and the Transforming Cancer Services Team (TCST) will be supporting the event and this years’ theme of driving action for earlier diagnosis of the disease.

Recent national statistics for cancer show that North East London Cancer Alliance is the top performer in a number of key metrics, reflecting the ongoing work to improve cancer services for local residents across north east London.