Ali Malik, Managing Director, North Central London Cancer Alliance, responds to the publication of the National Cancer Plan We warmly welcome the publication of the National Cancer Plan and the ambition it sets for further improving cancer outcomes and care for all people with cancer. We are excited to respond to the priorities and ambitions in the Plan, building on […]
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For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’re spotlighting a healthcare professional from Barnet who has had great success in improving breast screening uptake in North Central London. As part of North Central London Cancer Alliance’s work to improve breast screening participation, the Did Not Attend (DNA) project was launched, aimed at tackling the reasons why people
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The NHS in England has today launched its first-ever awareness campaign to highlight the benefits of screening and encourage more women to make the most of regular mammograms, as figures show more than four in ten (46.3%) invited for the first time don’t act on their invitation. The campaign – supported by leading charity Breast
BBC Breakfast’s Dr Nighat Arif is fronting a new cervical screening campaign to encourage younger Londoners to attend an NHS cervical screening appointment when invited. Cervical screening is offered to women and all people with a cervix, between the ages of 25 to 64, and helps prevent cervical cancer by checking for a virus known
The evaluation of a two-year work programme by the North Central London Cancer Alliance to address the low uptake of cancer screening by people experiencing homelessness concludes that the reasonable adjustments piloted are relevant and replicable across London and beyond. Report authors, Homeless Link, recommended that “Cancer Alliances and cancer screening commissioning teams are encouraged