Take a look at our latest news items and updates from across Wessex Cancer Alliance.
Expressions of Interest for Breast Awareness project
Wessex Cancer Alliance have launched a local improvement project to promote breast self-awareness in practices by Practice Nurses. Expressions of Interest are now being accepted. Project Aim: The practice aims…
International Nurses Day 2022!
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 patients across…
Skin Cancer Awareness Month
May is Skin Cancer Awareness month and with the weather showing a slight improvement, it seems a good time to be reminding people about covering up in the sun and…
Lung Health Checks now available in Portsmouth for past and current smokers
Past and current smokers in Portsmouth are being invited to an NHS lung health check in a drive to improve earlier diagnosis of lung cancer and save more lives. With…
Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, an annual opportunity to raise awareness of the fourth most common cancer in the UK. Every 15 minutes someone is diagnosed with the disease,…
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…