Category: Policy & Public Affairs

NHS England has asked hospitals to work towards a 10 day turnaround for delivering diagnosis results but what does this mean for our community and what more can be done to improve diagnosis times for those affected by brain tumours?

During Brain Tumour Awareness Month, we visited Westminster and met with MPs to campaign for faster diagnosis of brain tumours.

We visited Scottish Parliament during Brain Tumour Awareness Month to promote Better Safe Than Tumour – our awareness campaign!

Today marks the launch of our new report explaining the urgent need for faster diagnosis of brain tumours and how policymakers can help make this happen.

Learn more about why, together with brainstrust, we’re advocating for changing the narrative from early diagnosis to faster diagnosis.

Yesterday the APPGBT launched their report ‘Pathway to a Cure – Breaking Down the Barriers’ looking at how the government can best support research into brain tumours.

To mark their five year anniversary, The Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission has published a report highlighting the variations in care across NHS brain cancer services in the UK

Find out more about the benefits of faster diagnosis and what you can do to help us create meaningful, lasting change for people affected by a brain tumour.

We have joined up with more than 60 charities to call upon the government to uphold the promises previously laid out within the 10-Year Cancer Plan and commit to dramatically improve cancer care across England.

Wednesday 11 January was the second ever Less Survivable Cancers Awareness Day. And, we were all over the UK representing our aim of finding a cure faster!

NHS England has announced a national roll-out of ‘fast-track testing’ to help detect cancer

The 10-year Cancer Plan for England aims to set out a vision and long term approach for cancer services in England until 2032

The Cancer Patient Experience Survey 2021 results show that brain cancer has the lowest rating of care across all cancer sites

Phillipa Anders, an Involvement Champion at The Brain Tumour Charity, shares her experience attending the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer

NHS data shows waiting time targets for suspected brain cancer in England were missed for the fifth time in last six months.

Every patient should have the opportunity to help contribute to the overall goal of meeting the needs of everyone affected by a brain tumour.

In May, we joined together with the NHS and many other charity leaders to co-sign the open letter below, encouraging people with a weakened immune system to continue to book in or visit a walk-in centre for their COVID-19 vaccines including a Spring booster dose.

Earlier this month was International Nurses Day, a day to celebrate the vital role that nurses play for brain tumour patients.

Jeremy and Victoria, two of our Young Ambassadors, recently attended our MP drop-in session at Portcullis House and have written about their experience

We have signed up to a consensus statement developed by One Cancer Voice, a collaborative group of over 50 cancer charities, welcoming the Government’s Call for Evidence to inform a new 10-year Cancer Plan and setting out 10 tests that the new 10-year Cancer Plan must meet if it is to be successful.

Clinical Nurse Specialists play a vital role in delivering the best treatment and care, but there just aren’t enough staff to give every patient the support they need and deserve.

Today the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Brain Tumours (APPGBT) held the first oral evidence session of its inquiry ‘Pathway to a Cure – breaking down the barriers’.

Madelaine Powell, one of our Young Ambassadors, wrote about her thoughts ahead of the first ever Less Survivable Cancers Awareness Day on 11 January 2022.

As part of the Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce we’re urging everyone to be more aware of the symptoms of these six cancers and seek medical help at the earliest opportunity if they recognise the signs.