Phone calls to encourage bowel cancer screening first timers
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 […]
New partnership between North Central London Cancer Alliance and UCLPartners
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 […]
Senior cancer nurse leadership posts to be recruited in London to develop specialist nursing
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 […]
New Pan London Cancer Research Fellowships Awarded
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 […]
Catch up on a missed HPV vaccine
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 […]