Take a look at our latest news items and updates from across Wessex Cancer Alliance.
Expressions of Interest now Open
We are delighted to share three new opportunities to work with Wessex Cancer Alliance. These are all roles to support a new project that will support the retention, development and…
Raising Awareness of Prostate Cancer with and for Black Men
March is prostate cancer awareness month. Wessex Cancer Alliance will be using this month, to help raise awareness with and for Black men, about prostate cancer signs/symptoms and the importance…
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month and we are working alongside our primary care teams to help raise awareness of the signs and symptoms, ensuring more women go to their…
Celebrating World Cancer Day in Wessex
Sunday 4 February, 2024 is World Cancer Day and the theme for this year, is “Closing the Care Gap” – a theme that has been held by World Cancer Day…
Wessex Hosts Frailty and Oncology Conference
On Monday 15, January we welcomed colleagues to a Frailty and Oncology Conference. We were joined by multiple professional groups in Wessex all with an interest, or working in a…
Wessex Cancer Innovation Programme and the CRUK Manifesto
We were really pleased to see that the recent manifesto from Cancer Research UK ‘Longer, better lives: A manifesto for cancer research and care’; published on 28 November 2023, has…
Join the Alliance Team
We are delighted to share with you, two new opportunities to work with us at Wessex Cancer Alliance. Please see details below and complete the Expression of Interest form for…
Dorset Primary Care Conference 2024
On 13 March 2024 Wessex Cancer Alliance and Macmillan held a primary care and cancer event in Wimborne. The event brought together a range of primary care professionals, both clinical…
Primary Care Conference 2023
Wessex Cancer Alliance Primary Care Conference for Hampshire & Isle of Wight, in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support On Tuesday 28, November 2023 Wessex Cancer Alliance and Macmillan held a…
Macmillan Professionals Excellence Awards: Double success for Wessex Cancer Alliance
We are thrilled and delighted for our Right By You Wessex team and Macmillan Lead for Nurses & AHPs, Jane Winter; for winning two incredible awards on Thursday night, recognising…
Personalised Care – Tell us about your service
Background The NHS Long term plan (2019) set the ambition for everyone with a cancer diagnosis to be offered the opportunity for a meaningful and personalised support offer. The interventions…
A Celebration of Life Memorial Service Held in Southampton for the Homeless
A memorial service is taking place at St Mary’s church Southampton, on Wednesday 1 November, at 11am. The service will be held to commemorate those who have lived on the…
Join the Wessex Cancer Alliance Team
We are really pleased to share two opportunities to come and join our wonderful team here at Wessex Cancer Alliance. Find out more about these opportunities by following the links…
New Pilot to Improve Cancer Outcomes and Tackle Inequalities Launches in Dorset
NHS England InHIP programme, Dorset Integrated Care System Cancer Programme, NHS Dorset, Wessex AHSN, and Wessex Cancer Alliance partner with C the Signs to take an innovative approach to improve…
Let’s Celebrate the Power of Health Coaching
It’s health coaching awareness week, an opportunity to highlight how this supported self-management intervention can help people achieve better health and wellbeing outcomes and improve their quality of life. Health…
NHS Partners With Morrisons In Stores Across Wessex To Put Vital Cancer Awareness Messaging On Underwear Labels
From today (21 August, 2023), Morrisons shoppers across Wessex will find NHS advice on underwear labels urging them to contact their GP practice if they spot potential symptoms of breast…
Vacancy: Clinical Leadership for Clinical Networks
A role for clinical leadership and engagement has become available at Wessex Cancer Alliance. The postholder will work with clinical and managerial colleagues from across the Alliance to define, design…
Cancer Quality of Life Survey
Understanding the data and latest results Quality of life means different things to different people, but it matters to everyone. More people are surviving cancer than ever before – but…