Macmillan Cancer Support calls for a 10-year cancer plan in Wales as cancer waiting times stagnate Health spokespeople from the main political parties gathered this week at the Senedd in a hustings event with people affected by and living with cancer, organised by Macmillan Cancer Support. While a range of topics were covered, the message…
In response to the NHS Wales Cancer Waiting Times figures released this morning, please find below a statement and fact box from Macmillan Cancer Support. Responding to the latest NHS Wales Cancer Waiting Times figures, Hannah Buckingham, Senior External Affairs Adviser for Wales at Macmillan Cancer Support, said: “Timely cancer diagnosis and treatment are essential, yet thousands of people in Wales continue to face…
Here is your first look around the £7m state-of-the-art NGS Macmillan palliative care unit being built at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. The architects who designed the Y Bwthyn NGS Macmillan Unit have created a film giving people a first look at what the unit will look like. It gives viewers a look around the spacious environment and…
Responding to the latest NHS Wales Cancer Waiting Times figures, Rhian Stangroom-Teel, Macmillan Cancer Support External Affairs Manager Wales, said: “This week’s significant data releases in Wales are yet more evidence that who you are and where you live heavily influences your experience of cancer. While there have been slight improvements in waiting times compared…
Responding to the latest NHS Wales Cancer Waiting Times figures, Rhian Stangroom-Teel, External Affairs Manager Wales, said: “Despite some improvements in March, cancer waiting times in Wales remain unacceptably long. Worse still, people are being hit harder because of who they are or where they live. Behind every statistic is a real person, facing unbearable…
James Evans MS and Darren Millar MS have criticised the Welsh Government for their poor waiting time performance for NHS cancer diagnosis and treatment as outlined in a new report by Audit Wales. Audit Wales found that there has been a “continuing failure to meet national performance targets for cancer” with the national target of…
Responding to the Audit Wales report on cancer waiting times in Wales, Kate Seymour, Head of External Affairs at Macmillan Cancer Support, said: “This crucial report from Audit Wales clearly shows the failure of the Welsh government to tackle the crisis in cancer waiting times. Their analysis demonstrates a lack of strong national leadership is…
Sarah Christie, Policy and Public Affairs Manager for Macmillan Cancer Support says: “The First Minister said her first priority was to cut NHS waiting times and has promised to list who will be delivering what and when. Over eighteen months ago commitments were also made to improve cancer care in the Cancer Improvement Plan for…
Macmillan Cancer Support says that search engine data shows a surge in overall web searches for cancer in the UK yesterday – the biggest seen since March 2024 when it was announced that the Princess of Wales had been diagnosed with cancer, and February 2024 when it was announced King Charles had cancer*. The charity’s own data…
Please find Macmillan Cancer Support’s response to the latest cancer treatment waiting times data for Wales below. Off the back of this, we need to see action, detailed in our statement below: Glenn Page, Policy and Public Affairs Manager at Macmillan Cancer Support, says: ‘Today’s data shows cancer waiting times in Wales are not…
