Category: Policy & Public Affairs

Our Policy & Public Affairs Manager Cameron Miller, outlines tomorrow’s MSP debate in the Scottish Parliament

This week our Chief Scientific Officer, Dr David Jenkinson, is speaking at a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on brain tumours about what risks Brexit poses

Inspired by our Community Fundraiser Shona Richardson’s personal story, Alexander Stewart MSP has tabled a debate in the Scottish Parliament on 7 December

Are they good for raising awareness or should the bubble burst? Our senior media & PR Officer Carol Dyce examines

Our Policy & Public Affairs Manager, Cameron Miller, on Australia’s Cure Brain Cancer AU$100m investment fund

Jonathan Canty, our Project Information Analyst, reflects on the SNP Conference in Glasgow last week

Our Policy & Public Affairs Manager Cameron Miller, reports from the Conservative Party Conference.

Our Policy & Public Affairs Manager, Cameron Miller, writes from the frontline of the party conference in Brighton

A diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) diagnosis can be one of the most difficult things for a parent to hear, leaving families feeling helpless and desperately frustrated with the devastating prognosis.

Sarah Lindsell, The Charity’s Chief Executive, has co-signed a letter urging the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, to protect England’s largest annual survey of cancer patient experience in the NHS

We believe brain tumour patients need a ‘global Britain’ after Brexit. The UK Government has published an important paper outlining its current position on scientific cooperation for when the UK leaves the European Union

Yesterday the UK Government published the recommendations of an independent review of the UK Life Sciences industry

Earlier today, the English Cancer Patient Experience Survey was published, providing an insight into the experience of 72,288 cancer patients over the age of 16 in 2016

Yesterday, Macmillan Wales and the Welsh Government published the second Wales Cancer Patient Experience Survey

After seven weeks of relentless political campaigning across the UK, voters finally had their say at polling booths on Thursday, as a shock ‘hung parliament’ result emerged

Yesterday saw the launch of the Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce to an audience of members of the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh

The Brain Tumour Charity CEO, Sarah Lindsell, has co-signed a letter to NHS organisations urging them to meet their one-year survival targets for the early diagnosis of brain tumours.

While Theresa May admits division in Westminster, our Chief Executive Sarah Lindsell says we must stand together stronger than ever to defeat brain tumours.

From establishing a new cancer taskforce to ensuring benefits reviews take brain tumour patients into account, read our roundup of key activities from the past few weeks.

Ally Rooney posts an open letter to doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals who care for people with a brain tumour.

Last year, Greater Manchester became the first English region to gain control of health spending. Read our view on the impact this has had on charities.

On Sunday 26 March, the House of Lords Select Committee on Charities published a report, ‘Stronger charities for a stronger society’, following an inquiry into issues facing the charity sector in England and Wales.

Many news outlets are today reporting concerns from medical research institutions that childhood cancer patients in the UK will miss out on access to clinical trials for new treatments following Brexit.

Cameron Miller, our Information & Support Services Manager, outlines the growing trend for crowdfunding for treatment funds.