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.

A couple from Havering, north east London, tell us how getting checked early for prostate cancer can save lives. 

MECC Link London is an online resource which provides details of local health and wellbeing services in all 33 London boroughs, as well as information on key healthy lifestyle topics and a wide range of primary self-care tools and resources.

26 April is National Cancer CNS Day where we celebrate the incredible work of our cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs).

It’s Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and north east London patient Roger Shepherd has shared how a home testing kit saved his life.

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.

We have recently hosted the first two awareness talks in our series on womb cancer as part of our ‘You Need to Know’ campaign.

Save the date! 26 April 2023 is our 2nd National Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Day. Join us to show support and appreciation for our workforce, as we celebrate and raise awareness of the role and thank all our Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists for all the amazing work they do.

We are supporting Bowel Cancer UK this Bowel Cancer Awareness Month to ensure more people #KnowTheHigh5 symptoms of bowel cancer. So, what should you look out for?