GM Cancer News

As hundreds of thousands of NHS-Galleri trial blood test appointments across England come to a close, a leader from the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance is thanking the 20,000 participants in Greater Manchester along with community organisations, for supporting the NHS-Galleri trial – the world's largest research trial of a multi-cancer early detection blood test. Mobile clinics have visited locations across the region, including Oldham, Salford, Hulme, Trafford, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Wigan, Stockport and Tameside to collect blood samples from volunteers taking part in the NHS-Galleri trial. This month [July] marks the last blood sample collection appointments [...]

Top quality health apps to support residents across Greater Manchester to live well with and after cancer will now be available on a new, NHS-approved health app library. Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance, part of the NHS, and ORCHA, the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps, which reviews health apps for the NHS, have worked together on the new app library. Members of the public can access the library for free from the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance website www.gmcancer.org.uk Digital tools such as health apps are an important tool to supplement face-to-face healthcare. [...]

The Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance has appointed a new Medical Director, Miss Susannah Penney. Susannah is a consultant head, neck and thyroid surgeon at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, a position she has held since 2012. She has also held the post of Associate Medical Director for the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance since 2018, following three years as clinical lead for the head and neck cancer pathway. Susannah trained at The University of Manchester Medical School and qualified in 1999. After completing basic surgical training at the Royal Bolton Hospital, she embarked on a career in [...]

Smokers and former smokers aged 55-74 years based at doctors’ surgeries in parts of Oldham will be invited for a lung health check this summer. The quick, free checks can help find lung cancer at an early stage – before you might have any symptoms - when it is much more treatable and help save lives. The mobile clinic will initially be parked at Tesco, Featherstall Road North, Oldham Most visitors to the lung health checks will get reassurance that everything is OK or be referred to get help to stop smoking. The checks [...]

Smokers and former smokers aged 55-74 years based at doctors’ surgeries in parts of in Reddish, Brinnington, Woodley or Bredbury will be invited for a lung health check later this summer (due to start 10 July 2024). The quick, free checks can help find lung cancer at an early stage – before you might have any symptoms - when it is much more treatable and help save lives. Most visitors to the lung health checks will get reassurance that everything is OK. The lung health check mobile clinic will be based at a car park for [...]

Current and former cigarette and shisha smokers aged 55-74 years based at doctors’ surgeries in parts of Rochdale and Middleton will be invited for a lung health check this summer. The quick, free checks can help find lung cancer at an early stage – before you might have any symptoms - when it is much more treatable and help save lives. Most visitors to the lung health checks will get reassurance that everything is OK or be referred to get help to stop smoking. The will checks are available to current or former shisha or [...]

A new campaign is being launched by the NHS in Greater Manchester to raise awareness of the link between heartburn, indigestion and gullet cancer. Heartburn – a burning sensation in the middle of your chest – and indigestion – a pain or discomfort in your tummy - might sometimes be shrugged off or put down to drinking too much alcohol or something you have eaten. But the new NHS campaign wants to make it clear to the public – particularly those over 55 – that if symptoms last for three weeks or more then it’s time to visit [...]

Healthcare staff, community workers and university staff - all helping to improve the lives and treatment for people affected by cancer - have been honoured at the Greater Manchester Cancer Awards 2024. Winning projects included a research project looking into a rare cancer which has had no new treatments available over the past 30 years and a community project aiming to change perceptions of cancer from “big C” into the “small c”. The winners of the Commitment to Equality Award was the Stockport Community Cancer Engagement Project. The awards are organised by Greater Manchester [...]

Lung MOTS for past and current smokers aged 55-74 years have now started for people registered with a GP practice in Northenden and Brooklands. The Lung Health Checks help spot lung cancer early often before people have any symptoms. The mobile Targeted Lung Health Check clinic is based at Wythenshawe Forum. Current and former smokers aged 55-74 will be sent an invite by letter or text inviting them to come for a free Lung Health Check. Invitation letters and text messages will be sent out to smokers and former smokers aged 55-74 years based at the [...]

A mobile health clinic will be arriving in Farnworth and Kearsley to offer past and current smokers aged 55–74 a free Lung Health Check from Saturday 22 June. It will operate 6 days a week (Monday to Saturday) from 8am to 8pm to ensure that appointments are accessible to everyone who’s invited. Patients will be informed of the location in an invitation letter or text message. Invitation letters and text messages will be sent out to smokers and former smokers aged 55-74 years based at doctors’ surgeries in in the Farnworth and Kearsley Primary Care [...]