Author name: Catherine Nestor

The latest results of the annual National Cancer Patient Experience Survey, published last month, show that there have been significant improvements reported in patients’ experience of cancer care at hospital trusts in north central London in 2023 compared to 2022. Benchmarked against all 21 Cancer Alliances in England, North Central London Cancer Alliance region has […]

Do-it-yourself human papillomavirus (HPV) tests could enable more than a million more women in England to participate in cervical screening over the next three years. The results of a research study carried out in north and east London offering a self-sampling kit to patients who are overdue their cervical screening are published today in eClinicalMedicine,

A new service to increase take up of bowel cancer screening will contact people who are being invited for the first-time in Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington. Community Links will telephone invitees to encourage them to participate. The year-long service is led by North Central London Cancer Alliance, in collaboration with NHS North Central

North Central London Cancer Alliance (NCLCA) and UCLPartners will collaborate over the next year to improve early cancer diagnosis, enhance patient experience, and tackle local health inequalities.  This joint working will boost local efforts to support the ambition of the NHS Long Term Plan to diagnose 75% of cancers at stage 1 and 2 by

Five innovative new senior nursing leadership posts are being recruited to support the development of cancer clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) in London. A project to pilot Macmillan CNS Development Leads (CDLs), led by the North Central London Cancer Alliance and funded by Macmillan Cancer Support and NHS England, aims to address the shrinking pool of