Take a look at our latest news items and updates from across Wessex Cancer Alliance.
NHS Seeks Views On Proposed New Standards For Cancer
On March 9, 2022 the NHS launched a consultation on proposed new standards that will help diagnose more cancers earlier and save more lives. Developed with clinical leaders, the proposals…
National Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Day – 15 March, 2022
Today is the first National Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Day. Here at Wessex Cancer Alliance, we want to put a spotlight on the Cancer CNS workforce who support our patients…
‘Help Us, Help You’ NHS England Launches Earlier Diagnosis Campaign
NHS England & NHS Improvement has launched a new phase of the ‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign taking a radically different approach to detecting cancer earlier for patients, when it…
University Hospitals Southampton launches innovative self-referral service for prostate cancer testing
Doctors at University Hospital Southampton (UHS) have launched a new self-referral service for men who have symptoms of prostate cancer or are at higher risk of developing it. It comes…
Find the 14,000 men
Prostate Cancer UK has joined forces with the NHS to find 14,000 undiagnosed men who haven’t started urgent prostate cancer treatment due to the pandemic. Prostate cancer is more common…
“Cervical screening saves lives” says national campaign
On Monday February, 14 2022, the Department of Health and Social Care, together with NHS England and NHS Improvement, are launching a Help Us Help You – Cervical Screening Campaign,…
New cancer care toolkit for primary care teams
Wessex Cancer Alliance has developed a toolkit of resources to support Wessex PCNs and GP practices to provide high quality care for people living with or at risk of cancer.…
Local improvement scheme webinars
Local improvement scheme webinars This is a series of webinars co-ordinated by Wessex Cancer Alliance on the subject of local improvement schemes, made available for anyone who was unable to…
Cancer and the wider workforce webinar series
The story of cancer is changing. One in two people will have a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime. Improvements in treatment mean that people are living longer after their diagnosis.…
NHS Cancer Checks at Record High with Quarter of a Million in One Month
Record numbers of people are coming forward for cancer tests, with almost a quarter of a million referrals in one month according to the latest data, the NHS said today.…
Let’s Talk About Prostate Cancer this World Cancer Day
Friday 4 February 2022 is World Cancer Day and to mark the day, Wessex Cancer Alliance, in partnership with Dorset Race Equality Council and Wessex Voices are holding an online…
Prostate Cancer Campaign Launches; Raising Awareness with and for Black Men
Monday 1 November, 2021 sees the launch of our Prostate cancer awareness campaign. Raising awareness of prostate cancer with and for Black men is important because Black men are at…
Let’s Talk About Cancer – campaign to raise awareness of cancer during Black History Month
This Black History Month, Wessex Cancer Alliance, in partnership with Cancer Matters Wessex, Wessex Voices and Dorset Race Equality Council, is launching “Let’s Talk About Cancer”. The campaign aims to…
‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign responds to the impact of Covid-19 on NHS services
NHS England and NHS Improvement, with support from Public Health England, have launched the ‘Cancer: Abdominal and Urological Symptoms’ phase of the ‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign. The campaign encourages anyone…
Launch of Personalised Stratified Follow Up (PSFU) Collaborative – Save the date
Next week Wessex Cancer Alliance will be launching our new Personalised Stratified Follow Up (PSFU) Collaborative on Tuesday 17th August (1-3pm). Purpose of the Collaborative: The purpose of this group is to…
Recovery of Cancer Services Funding
At the end of June 2021, the Cancer Programme was allocated additional funding to accelerate models that manage high volume referrals and streamline the front end of the pathway to…
Can you help us improve diet and nutrition advice?
Diet and nutrition are really important but none more so when you are having cancer treatment. Wessex Cancer Alliance are funding new projects to improve the way people with cancer are…
International Nurses Day – celebrating our Cancer Nurses!
Nurses are invaluable! That is why we want to celebrate International Nurses Day and say an enormous thank you to all the cancer nurses who continuously strive to provide our…