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'Fear of cancer recurrence' workshops

01/08/2023

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. 

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A tribute to Jay – much loved, and already much missed

25/07/2023

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.

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National Cancer Patient Experience Survey Results

21/07/2023

The NHS has published the results of the 2022 Cancer Patient Experience Survey. Patient experience of care is incredibly important to us and it’s a testament to the hard-working NHS staff that cancer patients have given a rating of 8.88 out of 10 for overall experience.

Barts Health makes great progress in reducing its cancer backlog

19/07/2023

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.

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Ground-breaking cancer campaign for north east London featured in leading medical journal

10/07/2023

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.

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Making improvements for cancer patients through Multidsciplinary Team Meetings

10/07/2023

On Wednesday 5 July 2023, the 75th birthday of the NHS, the North East London Cancer Alliance brought together cancer staff from across north east London for a unique engagement event to look at how we can make positive changes to treatment and care for cancer patients.

Cancer awareness project in schools a success

05/07/2023

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.

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North East London Cancer CNS Day

05/07/2023

On 29 June 2023, North East London hosted a special cancer clinical nurse specialist conference, to recognise the great work of our cancer CNS staff and all they do to support patients with cancer.

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Sarcoma Awareness Month calls for action to improve earlier diagnosis

05/07/2023

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.