An NHS campaign launches in five north London boroughs this week to encourage local residents to act on symptoms that may be a sign of cancer. During the covid pandemic fewer people have been going to their GP or hospital leading to an estimated 950 ‘missing’ cancer diagnoses in the area. Led by the North […]
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Naser Turabi, director of the North Central London Cancer Alliance attended the March meeting of the North Central London Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee. He explained how cancer screening, diagnosis and surgery is being managed during COVID-19 in North Central London and the impact of the pandemic has made on provision on services. The
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More than 31,000 women in the London boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Islington, Newham and Tower Hamlets will be offered YouScreen kits to carry out HPV tests in the privacy and convenience of their own homes. HPV tests can pick up cell changes that may lead to cervical cancer. YouScreen is a study led by King’s
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Professor Michael (Mick) Peake, Clinical Director of the Centre for Cancer Outcomes, which works closely with North Central London and North East London Cancer Alliances, and is hosted by UCLH, has been awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) in Her Majesty The Queen’s Birthday 2020 Honours List. “Mick Peake deserves many congratulations. His
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Derralynn Hughes and Clare Stephens were appointed as clinical co-directors of the North Central London Cancer Alliance from 1 September 2020. They succeed Professor Muntzer Mughal who held the position on an interim basis since January 2019 (alongside Dr Afsana Bhuiya up to Jan 2020). Derralynn Hughes is Professor of Experimental Haematology at UCL and a
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