Health Minister Michelle O’Neill has paid tribute to the invaluable work at the Hospice following an extensive £13million refurbishment at their Somerton Road premises. The Minister visited the new facility
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Research undertaken at the University of Chester is leading the way in promoting the importance of looking after the psychological well-being of cancer patients, as part of their healthcare. Psychological
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Doctors are to bring experimental cancer treatments to patients sooner under a reorganisation of trial centres. A new collaboration will allow the Experimental Cancer Medicines Centre (ECMC) Network to speed
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The number of people caring for someone with cancer in the UK has risen to more than 1.4 million, according to new charity estimates. Macmillan Cancer Support said the number
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The parents of a ”profoundly neurologically disabled” two-year-old boy say they are “devastated” by a High Court judge’s decision to allow medics to provide only palliative care. They said Mrs
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A new ovarian cancer centre named in honour of a woman killed by the disease at the age of just 34 will investigate ways to improve diagnosis and treatment. Nicola
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People with a suspected case of cancer will be given a definitive diagnosis within four weeks under ambitious new plans to provide “world-class” cancer care in England. NHS England has
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The average British family “cannot afford cancer”, a leading charity has warned. Families earning average wages with average outgoings would end up around £200 in the red each month if
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Some groups of people are “often excluded from wider health services” affecting their end-of-life care, a report found. Groups mentioned in the report as being disadvantaged are people who are
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A lack of data about palliative care staff could lead staff shortages in the next few years, a new report from the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) has said.
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