Author name: Catherine Nestor

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

Four awards have been made to healthcare professionals in London by the Pan London Cancer Research Fellowships selection committee. The research areas cover the use of algorithms to predict non-small-cell lung cancer reoccurrence, health inequalities in local head and neck cancer services, supporting young patients living with cancer, and improving the linkage between imaging and

On HPV Awareness Day (4 March) the North Central London Cancer Alliance is urging young people up to 25 years and parents of 12 and 13-year-olds to ensure they consent to having the HPV vaccine. The latest figures in England show around one in six girls and one in five boys are not fully vaccinated

Tens of thousands of people with Jewish ancestry who are more likely to carry a genetic fault that can increase the risk of developing some cancers will receive genetic testing through a new programme recently announced by the NHS in England. With plans to identify thousands more people carrying faults in the BRCA genes over