Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance

27/10/2025

This Stoptober we publish a blog on the successful Smoking In Pregnancy campaign that has changed behaviour across Cheshire and Merseyside.
Read how the ambitious campaign – funded by Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance – has reduced smoking rates for mums-to-be: https://ow.ly/a5bC50XifxU

27/10/2025

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, our Patient Representative Christine wants to urge people go for breast screening if they are invited and to check their breasts and chest regularly for anything unusual.
Christine was diagnosed with very early breast cancer after going for a routine mammogram.
She says: “I’d like to encourage everyone to attend their routine mammogram and for everyone, both men and women, to check regularly.”
https://ow.ly/w89f50XicoG

25/10/2025

Inspirational!… 🙏

24/10/2025

Are you a teenager or young adult with cancer who can help with a new digital platform for information?
The North West TYA Network is working on a project as part of the Cancer Improvement Collaborative, which aims to create a new digital platform or hub that contains all of the support information that TYA patients in the North West need during their cancer journey.
They are looking for patients to feed back their views on this and are asking people to fill in a quick survey via this link https://forms.office.com/e/niezsWt9at

24/10/2025

Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance’s campaigns team were two good at an awards ceremony last night!
Our Two Minutes of Chat and an Early Screening campaign scooped awards in the Best Not-For-Profit (Purpose Driven) category and Best Health Campaign at the Prolific North Marketing Awards.
Big thanks to BBC sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps writer Susan Nickson and stars Ralph Little and Will Mellor for helping to spread cancer awareness in Halton.
And huge congratulations to our agency partners Vivid Everywhere for pulling the campaign together and reaching 900,000 people during the two-month campaign.
See: https://ow.ly/wNxA50Xhyrx
Prolific North Vivid Everywhere Healthwatch Halton Halton Cancer Support Group Halton Matters Halton Borough Council Will Mellor SPACE Runcorn

23/10/2025

Fantastic news! CMCA staff who launched a pioneering initiative to improve urgent care for cancer patients have been named ‘Team of the Year’.
They were honoured at the Nursing Times Awards 2025 for their groundbreaking Urgent Cancer Care programme, working in collaboration with The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
For the full story see: https://ow.ly/lJ1K50XgZy6

23/10/2025

23/10/2025

Great news that our Community Partnerships team has won another national healthcare award!
The Health Creation Alliance has given its Best Health Creating Cross-Sector Programme award to CMCA’s Community Partnerships programme, which is run in conjunction with Council for Voluntary Service organisations across Cheshire and Merseyside, raising awareness of cancer.
The initiative empowers local people to understand signs and symptoms of cancer, attend cancer screening and live a healthier lifestyle.
For more, see:

The pick up another healthcare honour for pioneering scheme

22/10/2025

Have you had cancer? Did you finish your initial treatment before 2024?

We invite you to tell us about the positive and negative aspects of your cancer diagnosis and treatment. By sharing your experiences, you will be joining us in helping to improve the care, treatments and services people receive.

Find out more and take part 👉 https://orlo.uk/a8Wsz

22/10/2025

Fantastic news! So many breakthroughs given people with cancer hope for new treatments…
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22/10/2025

We understand that goes beyond primary breast cancer, and here at Clatterbridge, we're extremely lucky to have a dedicated team of specialist nurses supporting patients with secondary breast cancer, also known as metastatic or advanced.

Metastatic Breast Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists Jo Francis and Phil Walker, along with their fantastic colleagues are there – during treatment and beyond – for patients whose breast cancer has spread.

Living with secondary breast cancer can be hard. That’s where our metastatic breast cancer nurses come in. Patients can chat to them about any concerns at all such as:

• Treatment, side-effects or complications of their cancer
• How they are feeling emotionally as well as physically
• Worries about family, work, pets and so on
• Who to contact for benefits advice or other help available
• Planning for the future

Even if patients have reached the end of treatment lines or maybe they’ve become too unwell to receive further treatments, they will always be supported by the secondary breast cancer team regardless of which of our treatment sites they've attended 💚

22/10/2025

The Warrington, Halton, St Helens and Knowsley Breast Screening Service are currently screening eligible patients aged between 50 and 71 registered with selected GP surgeries in the area.

If you’re eligible, you’ll receive a screening invitation letter with instructions on how to book your appointment at a local breast screening unit 💗

If you need to change your appointment, you can do so here → https://bit.ly/Change-Your-Appointment



Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust