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Taking Bladder Cancer Awareness Month to the Highlands
Ness Bridge in the centre of Inverness was lit orange in honour of bladder cancer patients Wow, what a month! We’re hugely thankful to everybody…
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Happy National Volunteers Week!
Spotlight on bladder cancer patient and FBC volunteer, Colin O’Sullivan This May, Fight Bladder Cancer attended the Fire Brigade Union’s annual conference in Blackpool to…
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Meet FBC Volunteer Laura MacKenzie
Patient Advocate and bladder cancer patient Laura has been passionate about self-advocating and advocating for others living with bladder cancer or stomas, since her diagnosis…
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Meet FBC Volunteer Julia Macleod
Chair of the England, Wales & Northern Ireland steering group and bladder cancer patient Julia spent over 21 years working in the voluntary sector. She…
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Fight Bladder Cancer brings awareness to Westminster
by Pamela McGowan Following on from Fight Bladder Cancer’s recent success with the Scottish Parliament in February, representatives from Fight Bladder Cancer, including patients Ravi…
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Happy National Volunteers Week!
Spotlight on bladder cancer patient and FBC volunteer, Colin O’Sullivan This May, Fight Bladder Cancer attended the Fire Brigade Union’s annual conference in Blackpool to…
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A major conditions strategy cannot replace a national cancer plan
Roger Wilson, Emma Kinloch, Lydia E Makaroff, Anna Bailey-Bearfield, Richard Stephens, Janette Rawlinson, Kathy Oliver First published in www.thelancet.com/oncology Vol 24 in May 2023 The UK Secretary…
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7 Tips to Overcoming Carcinophobia
This article by Zach Norton from Maven Imaging, explains what Carcinophobia is, and gives us 7 helpful tips to try and deal with the fear of a…
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Fight Bladder Cancer at the Scottish Parliament
In February, Fight Bladder Cancer organised a bladder cancer awareness event in the Scottish Parliament, hosted by Stuart McMillan MSP, and attended by Maree Todd MSP, Minister…
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Fight Bladder Cancer gets NHS24’s Haematuria Guidelines Updated
Freedom of Information request results in better outcomes for Scottish patients During one of FBC’s Scottish Steering Group Meetings, retired GP Johnstone Shaw raised concerns…
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Dedicated Chair of Fight Bladder Cancer John Hester dies aged 76
John Hester, Chair of the charity Fight Bladder Cancer, died suddenly at his home in Powys, Wales, on Saturday 11 February 2023. Diagnosed with bladder…
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Christine’s Story
“If people like me don’t do something, the system isn’t going to get any better.” Many people who seek cancer care hit barriers at every turn.…
