Adventure Travel Announces Tenovus Cancer Care as Charity of the Year
LEADING transport provider Adventure Travel has unveiled its Charity of the Year bus which is this year dedicated to Welsh cancer charity Tenovus Cancer Care. Adventure Travel asked its passengers to nominate good causes and 61 charities were nominated by…
How Your Workplace Can Help Prevent Breast Cancer: The JG HR Pledge
Breast cancer is more common than many realise – and with around 55,000 women and 370 men diagnosed each year, it’s almost certainly something that UK employers need to know about, because the way in which you support your team can make a…
Northampton General Hospital achieves NHS cancer wait target
Patients with cancer at Northampton General Hospital are being seen within the NHS target time thanks to service changes and improvements. During December 2020, the latest confirmed performance figures, the hospital achieved seven of the key targets set by the…
More employees need to be supported after a cancer diagnosis, says GRID this Cancer Survivors Day (7 June 2020)
Advances in early diagnoses and treatment mean that increasing numbers of people are surviving critical illnesses including cancer, and yet according to research from Group Risk Development (GRiD), the industry body for the group risk protection sector, a third (34 per cent) of…
Insensitivities of others, causes upset to cancer survivors, says RedArc
Even the most positive thinking of cancer survivors would struggle to deal with some of the reactions of others when dealing with their illness, according to research undertaken by RedArc Nurses for National Cancer Survivors Day (Sunday 7 June 2020). …
New Year, New Health
Hidden or symptomless conditions such as high blood pressure a concern for more than 1 in 3 …a time to consider benefits with a wider wellbeing impact Hidden or symptomless conditions, like high blood pressure, are one of…
Why employers must help alleviate the stress of cancer
With the theme of World Cancer Day (4 February 2019), this year being “I am, I will” – encouraging everyone to make a personal commitment to reduce the impact cancer has – The Health Insurance Group urges employers, in particular,…
Getting the right support and advice will help employers treat staff with cancer better, says GRiD
While a cancer diagnosis can strike fear into the heart of anyone, employers can also be completely blindsided when hearing that a member of staff has cancer, and be totally unsure how to support them best. Katharine Moxham, spokesperson for…
Prevention vs cure: The benefits to employers in shifting their healthcare focus
In the UK we face unique challenges in healthcare – with rates of obesity and depression, to name just two, topping worldwide comparison lists. But many of the healthcare challenges we face are avoidable. The Health Insurance Group is calling on…
RedArc responds to ONS ‘Geographic patterns of cancer survival in England’ report
Following yesterday’s release of the Office of National Statistics ‘Geographic patterns of cancer survival in England: Adults diagnosed 2004 to 2011 and followed up to 2016’, Christine Husbands, MD, RedArc commented: “It’s great to read that despite pockets of disparities,…