BME Cancer Patient Advisory Panel Launch

Source: NHS National Cancer Action Team, 2009

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Date of publication: December 2009

Publication type: News item

In a nutshell: The National Cancer Action Team is pleased to announce the launch of the National Black and Ethnic Minorities (BME) Cancer Patient Advisory Panel.The launch was celebrated today with various people representing the NHS, charities, community groups, the voluntary sector and patients.

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Councils awarded £2.5 million to stub out smoking

Source:  Department of Health

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Date of publication: 10 June 2009

Publication type:  News item

In a nutshell:  It has been announced by Public Health Minister Gillian Merron that 25 local authority areas with the highest numbers of smokers will each get grants of £100,000 specifically to help smokers quit

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New NHS Stop Smoking Service approach boosts referrals by 49 per cent

Source:  Department of Health

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Date of publication: 2 June 2009

Publication type: News item

In a nutshell:  A new approach pioneered by local NHS Stop Smoking Services in the Yorkshire and Humber region that aims to make smoking interventions a routine part of GP services and improve smoking quit rates, is being rolled out across England’s GPs and other primary care practices after trials showed that it boosted referrals to NHS Stop Smoking Services.

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A qualitative analysis of reasons for leaving, or not attending, a cancer support group

Source: Social Work in Health Care 2008, 47(1) ,pp14-29.

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Year of publication: 2008

  

Publication type: Research

  

In a nutshell: The factors that affect participation and retention in cancer support groups were examined in a study of 87 people who had dropped out of a support group and 26 who had never attended 

 

Length of publication: 1 page abstract, 15 page article

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