Expert Opinion

• Policy & Insight

Opinion: ‘UK cancer research could be set back years by COVID-19. We must act now’

Because of COVID-19 and the devastating impact it’s had on our income, we could be forced to cut £150 million per year from our research funding.  Because of COVID-19 and the devastating impact it’s had on our income, we could be forced to cut £150 million per year from our research funding. 

24 June 2020

• Policy & Insight

Opinion: ‘Medical research charities are falling through the cracks of COVID-19 Government support’

Without specific and strategic Government support, the COVID-19 pandemic could have a deep and long-lasting effect on our work. Without specific and strategic Government support, the COVID-19 pandemic could have a deep and long-lasting effect on our work.

16 June 2020

• Policy & Insight

Our work saves lives – that must mean Black lives too

Like so many of us right now, I’ve been thinking hard about how to be a better ally, writes our CEO, Michelle Mitchell. Like so many of us right now, I’ve been thinking hard about how to be a better ally, writes our CEO, Michelle Mitchell.

12 June 2020

• Personal Stories

Coronavirus reports – Part 4: “I know I’m in a queue, but things feel uncertain”

We caught up with people living with cancer across the country, to find out how isolation due to the pandemic has been affecting them and their families. We caught up with people living with cancer across the country, to find out how isolation due to the pandemic has been affecting them and their families.

29 May 2020

• Personal Stories

Coronavirus reports – Part 3: “I should have known when they came back in PPE”

Christine was diagnosed with COVID-19 just after finishing her chemotherapy treatment. Christine was diagnosed with COVID-19 just after finishing her chemotherapy treatment.

18 May 2020

• Personal Stories

Coronavirus reports – Part 2: “We’re ahead when it comes to isolation”

We caught up with people living with cancer across the country, to find out how isolation due to the pandemic has been affecting them and their families. We caught up with people living with cancer across the country, to find out how isolation due to the pandemic has been affecting them and their families.

14 May 2020

• Personal Stories

Coronavirus reports – Part 1: “I’m taking things week by week”

We caught up with several people around the country who live with cancer, to find out how the pandemic was affecting them. We caught up with several people around the country who live with cancer, to find out how the pandemic was affecting them.

27 April 2020

• Health & Medicine
• Policy & Insight

Opinion: ‘Widening health inequalities in England should be a wake-up call for the Government’

Life expectancy has failed to increase for a decade across England for the first time in 100 years. And cuts to stop smoking services are part of the problem. Life expectancy has failed to increase for a decade across England for the first time in 100 years. And cuts to stop smoking services are part of the problem.

25 February 2020

• Personal Stories
• Policy & Insight

The key is collaboration: ‘You need to work across borders, and that’s what I do on a daily basis’  

With the Government redesigning the immigration system, we spoke to Dr Susanne Gatz about the importance of travelling across Europe for her work. With the Government redesigning the immigration system, we spoke to Dr Susanne Gatz about the importance of travelling across Europe for her work.

2 October 2019

• Health & Medicine
• Policy & Insight

NHS diaries: ‘It’s the most stressful organisation I’ve worked in in my life’

Diagnosing cancer at its earliest and most treatable stages is vital to help more people survive their cancer. But it requires having enough NHS staff in place. Diagnosing cancer at its earliest and most treatable stages is vital to help more people survive their cancer. But it requires having enough NHS staff in place.

10 September 2019

• Science & Technology
• Policy & Insight

'There are scientists from all over the world at my institute, working to accelerate progress in cancer research'  

With the Government redesigning the immigration system, we spoke to scientist Ines Figueiredo about her experiences of moving to and working in the UK. With the Government redesigning the immigration system, we spoke to scientist Ines Figueiredo about her experiences of moving to and working in the UK.

5 September 2019