Tenovus Cancer Care Policy and Insight Team
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Posts from the Policy and Insight team at Tenovus Cancer Care
- Maddy, Hannah, Greg, Becky, Bethan, and Lowri
- Maddy, Hannah, Greg, Becky, Bethan, and Lowri
We hope this guidance will lead to the increased use of capsule-sponge throughout the NHS to diagnose oesophageal cancer precursor, Barrett's oesophagus.
February 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
We hope this guidance will lead to the increased use of capsule-sponge throughout the NHS to diagnose oesophageal cancer precursor, Barrett's oesophagus.
Reposted by Tenovus Cancer Care Policy and Insight Team
World Cancer Day is a reminder that outcomes don’t just depend on treatment, they depend on timing.
In Wales, delays in gynaecological cancer care remain severe. In November, only 32% of patients started treatment within the 62-day target, with wide variation between Health Boards.
In Wales, delays in gynaecological cancer care remain severe. In November, only 32% of patients started treatment within the 62-day target, with wide variation between Health Boards.
February 4, 2026 at 2:44 PM
World Cancer Day is a reminder that outcomes don’t just depend on treatment, they depend on timing.
In Wales, delays in gynaecological cancer care remain severe. In November, only 32% of patients started treatment within the 62-day target, with wide variation between Health Boards.
In Wales, delays in gynaecological cancer care remain severe. In November, only 32% of patients started treatment within the 62-day target, with wide variation between Health Boards.
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Fixing the Foundations sets out the case for a long-term, strategic approach to cancer services in Wales, drawing on international evidence and insight from NHS leaders, third sector organisations and people with personal experience of cancer — and why this must be a priority...
February 4, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Fixing the Foundations sets out the case for a long-term, strategic approach to cancer services in Wales, drawing on international evidence and insight from NHS leaders, third sector organisations and people with personal experience of cancer — and why this must be a priority...
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As of today, World Cancer Day, Wales in the only UK nation without a long-term plan to drive improvements in cancer care and outcomes. With cancer incidence in Wales rising – adding pressure to an already stretched system – the next Government must urgently address this...
February 4, 2026 at 8:31 AM
As of today, World Cancer Day, Wales in the only UK nation without a long-term plan to drive improvements in cancer care and outcomes. With cancer incidence in Wales rising – adding pressure to an already stretched system – the next Government must urgently address this...
Reposted by Tenovus Cancer Care Policy and Insight Team
Reposted by Tenovus Cancer Care Policy and Insight Team
✍️Today (23 01 26), the Senedd’s Health and Social Care Committee published its anticipated follow-up report into the implementation of the ‘Unheard’ recommendations.
January 23, 2026 at 7:34 AM
✍️Today (23 01 26), the Senedd’s Health and Social Care Committee published its anticipated follow-up report into the implementation of the ‘Unheard’ recommendations.
Heulwen was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in 2022. Yesterday, she shared her story and the wider reality facing people with less survivable cancers with ITV.
These cancers receive less than a fifth of government research funding. It's time to #CloseTheResearchGap.
tinyurl.com/y5w84vw5
These cancers receive less than a fifth of government research funding. It's time to #CloseTheResearchGap.
tinyurl.com/y5w84vw5
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January 16, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Heulwen was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in 2022. Yesterday, she shared her story and the wider reality facing people with less survivable cancers with ITV.
These cancers receive less than a fifth of government research funding. It's time to #CloseTheResearchGap.
tinyurl.com/y5w84vw5
These cancers receive less than a fifth of government research funding. It's time to #CloseTheResearchGap.
tinyurl.com/y5w84vw5
A 90-second statement on less survivable cancers was led yesterday morning in the Senedd by John Griffiths MS.
These issues often don’t get enough airtime, this one is worth hearing.
tinyurl.com/fnvrpt2y
@lesssurvivable.bsky.social
It's time to #CloseTheResearchGap.
These issues often don’t get enough airtime, this one is worth hearing.
tinyurl.com/fnvrpt2y
@lesssurvivable.bsky.social
It's time to #CloseTheResearchGap.
Plenary
The Senedd is the democratically elected body that represents the interests of Wales and its people, makes laws for Wales, agrees Welsh taxes and holds the Welsh Government to account.
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January 16, 2026 at 11:13 AM
A 90-second statement on less survivable cancers was led yesterday morning in the Senedd by John Griffiths MS.
These issues often don’t get enough airtime, this one is worth hearing.
tinyurl.com/fnvrpt2y
@lesssurvivable.bsky.social
It's time to #CloseTheResearchGap.
These issues often don’t get enough airtime, this one is worth hearing.
tinyurl.com/fnvrpt2y
@lesssurvivable.bsky.social
It's time to #CloseTheResearchGap.
Reposted by Tenovus Cancer Care Policy and Insight Team
Huge thanks to @delythjewell.bsky.social MS for hosting yesterday's drop-in event in the Senedd for Less Survivable Cancers Awareness Week.
It's time to #CloseTheResearchGap.
Encourage your local MS to support today 👇
lesssurvivablecancers.org.uk/awarenessweek/
It's time to #CloseTheResearchGap.
Encourage your local MS to support today 👇
lesssurvivablecancers.org.uk/awarenessweek/
January 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Huge thanks to @delythjewell.bsky.social MS for hosting yesterday's drop-in event in the Senedd for Less Survivable Cancers Awareness Week.
It's time to #CloseTheResearchGap.
Encourage your local MS to support today 👇
lesssurvivablecancers.org.uk/awarenessweek/
It's time to #CloseTheResearchGap.
Encourage your local MS to support today 👇
lesssurvivablecancers.org.uk/awarenessweek/
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The stats are clear. We're calling for change. It's time to close #CloseTheResearchGap.
lesssurvivablecancers.org.uk/awarenessweek/
lesssurvivablecancers.org.uk/awarenessweek/
January 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The stats are clear. We're calling for change. It's time to close #CloseTheResearchGap.
lesssurvivablecancers.org.uk/awarenessweek/
lesssurvivablecancers.org.uk/awarenessweek/
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As part of #LessSurvivableCancersAwarenessWeek, we were in Westminster standing for the stats.
Less survivable cancers receive just 19% of research funding, despite causing 40% of cancer deaths.
📣 Contact your MP today.
lesssurvivablecancers.org.uk/awarenessweek/
#CloseTheResearchGap
Less survivable cancers receive just 19% of research funding, despite causing 40% of cancer deaths.
📣 Contact your MP today.
lesssurvivablecancers.org.uk/awarenessweek/
#CloseTheResearchGap
January 13, 2026 at 7:45 AM
As part of #LessSurvivableCancersAwarenessWeek, we were in Westminster standing for the stats.
Less survivable cancers receive just 19% of research funding, despite causing 40% of cancer deaths.
📣 Contact your MP today.
lesssurvivablecancers.org.uk/awarenessweek/
#CloseTheResearchGap
Less survivable cancers receive just 19% of research funding, despite causing 40% of cancer deaths.
📣 Contact your MP today.
lesssurvivablecancers.org.uk/awarenessweek/
#CloseTheResearchGap
Cancer prevention is cancer care.
That’s why cervical screening matters.
That’s why cervical screening matters.
January 9, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Cancer prevention is cancer care.
That’s why cervical screening matters.
That’s why cervical screening matters.
At this month’s Cross Party Group on Cancer, our colleague Greg Pycroft set out the reality of the deadliest cancers in Wales.
Less survivable cancers make up 25% of diagnoses but 40% of deaths, a gap that simply shouldn’t exist. 🧡📊
Less survivable cancers make up 25% of diagnoses but 40% of deaths, a gap that simply shouldn’t exist. 🧡📊
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
At this month’s Cross Party Group on Cancer, our colleague Greg Pycroft set out the reality of the deadliest cancers in Wales.
Less survivable cancers make up 25% of diagnoses but 40% of deaths, a gap that simply shouldn’t exist. 🧡📊
Less survivable cancers make up 25% of diagnoses but 40% of deaths, a gap that simply shouldn’t exist. 🧡📊
📣 Today, Greg Pycroft, our Policy and Public Affairs Manager, will represent TCC at the @uklungcancer.bsky.social conference in London.
The UKLCC is marking its 20th Anniversary, and while significant developments have occurred over the past two decades, there's still so much to do.
The UKLCC is marking its 20th Anniversary, and while significant developments have occurred over the past two decades, there's still so much to do.
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
📣 Today, Greg Pycroft, our Policy and Public Affairs Manager, will represent TCC at the @uklungcancer.bsky.social conference in London.
The UKLCC is marking its 20th Anniversary, and while significant developments have occurred over the past two decades, there's still so much to do.
The UKLCC is marking its 20th Anniversary, and while significant developments have occurred over the past two decades, there's still so much to do.
🌼 Plaid Cymru has UNANIMOUSLY passed a motion on # ClairesCampaign at their conference today.
"Where you live shouldn't decide whether you live." - Nerys Evans
"Where you live shouldn't decide whether you live." - Nerys Evans
October 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🌼 Plaid Cymru has UNANIMOUSLY passed a motion on # ClairesCampaign at their conference today.
"Where you live shouldn't decide whether you live." - Nerys Evans
"Where you live shouldn't decide whether you live." - Nerys Evans
Today we're at Plaid Cymru conference in Swansea making the case for fairer, faster cancer services.
Heddiw rydym ni yng nghynhadledd Plaid Cymru yn Abertawe yn gwneud yr achos dros wasanaethau canser tecach a chyflymach.
Heddiw rydym ni yng nghynhadledd Plaid Cymru yn Abertawe yn gwneud yr achos dros wasanaethau canser tecach a chyflymach.
October 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Today we're at Plaid Cymru conference in Swansea making the case for fairer, faster cancer services.
Heddiw rydym ni yng nghynhadledd Plaid Cymru yn Abertawe yn gwneud yr achos dros wasanaethau canser tecach a chyflymach.
Heddiw rydym ni yng nghynhadledd Plaid Cymru yn Abertawe yn gwneud yr achos dros wasanaethau canser tecach a chyflymach.
📢 @walescanceralliance.org launches their 2025 manifesto
Fixing the Foundations: Building a better future for cancer care in Wales.
Every year, around 19,500 people are diagnosed with cancer in Wales. We need bold action to deliver timely, compassionate, & world-class care.
What their calling for:
Fixing the Foundations: Building a better future for cancer care in Wales.
Every year, around 19,500 people are diagnosed with cancer in Wales. We need bold action to deliver timely, compassionate, & world-class care.
What their calling for:
September 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
📢 @walescanceralliance.org launches their 2025 manifesto
Fixing the Foundations: Building a better future for cancer care in Wales.
Every year, around 19,500 people are diagnosed with cancer in Wales. We need bold action to deliver timely, compassionate, & world-class care.
What their calling for:
Fixing the Foundations: Building a better future for cancer care in Wales.
Every year, around 19,500 people are diagnosed with cancer in Wales. We need bold action to deliver timely, compassionate, & world-class care.
What their calling for:
September is Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month.
Jessica’s story shows why women need to be heard.
She was told it was infections. Then prolapse. Then endometriosis.
Months later, a 6.5cm tumour was found.
🔗 clairescampaign.cymru/stories/jessica-mason
#ClairesCampaign
Jessica’s story shows why women need to be heard.
She was told it was infections. Then prolapse. Then endometriosis.
Months later, a 6.5cm tumour was found.
🔗 clairescampaign.cymru/stories/jessica-mason
#ClairesCampaign
Jessica Mason – Claires Campaign
clairescampaign.cymru
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
September is Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month.
Jessica’s story shows why women need to be heard.
She was told it was infections. Then prolapse. Then endometriosis.
Months later, a 6.5cm tumour was found.
🔗 clairescampaign.cymru/stories/jessica-mason
#ClairesCampaign
Jessica’s story shows why women need to be heard.
She was told it was infections. Then prolapse. Then endometriosis.
Months later, a 6.5cm tumour was found.
🔗 clairescampaign.cymru/stories/jessica-mason
#ClairesCampaign
Jess's Rule will require GPs in England to "think again" if patients return 3 times with unresolved or worsening symptoms, or without a diagnosis.
We would like to see similar ambition here in Wales, to ensure women are safeguarded and listened to. 💜
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We would like to see similar ambition here in Wales, to ensure women are safeguarded and listened to. 💜
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jess's Rule: GPs to re-check some patients for deadly 'misses'
Jess's Rule urges doctors to 'think again' if they cannot diagnose a patient's illness after three appointments.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Jess's Rule will require GPs in England to "think again" if patients return 3 times with unresolved or worsening symptoms, or without a diagnosis.
We would like to see similar ambition here in Wales, to ensure women are safeguarded and listened to. 💜
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We would like to see similar ambition here in Wales, to ensure women are safeguarded and listened to. 💜
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
📢 The most recent gynaecological cancer waiting time figures (July) show a worrying drop in early-stage diagnoses, now just 32.4%, down from 47% in June. Early diagnosis and timely treatment save lives. This backwards step is not acceptable.
September 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
📢 The most recent gynaecological cancer waiting time figures (July) show a worrying drop in early-stage diagnoses, now just 32.4%, down from 47% in June. Early diagnosis and timely treatment save lives. This backwards step is not acceptable.
📢 New evaluation shows Cardiff’s Prehab2Rehab programme helps cancer patients recover faster.
On average, patients spend 3 fewer days in hospital after surgery. That’s around £1,500 saved per patient for the NHS.
On average, patients spend 3 fewer days in hospital after surgery. That’s around £1,500 saved per patient for the NHS.
September 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
📢 New evaluation shows Cardiff’s Prehab2Rehab programme helps cancer patients recover faster.
On average, patients spend 3 fewer days in hospital after surgery. That’s around £1,500 saved per patient for the NHS.
On average, patients spend 3 fewer days in hospital after surgery. That’s around £1,500 saved per patient for the NHS.
Less than 4 months since losing Clare O’Shea, her brother Ben is determined to keep her legacy alive. Clare’s Campaign is still fighting for women with gynaecological cancers to be heard, after delays and misdiagnoses cost Clare her life.
clairescampaign.cymru
clairescampaign.cymru
Claires Campaign
clairescampaign.cymru
September 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Less than 4 months since losing Clare O’Shea, her brother Ben is determined to keep her legacy alive. Clare’s Campaign is still fighting for women with gynaecological cancers to be heard, after delays and misdiagnoses cost Clare her life.
clairescampaign.cymru
clairescampaign.cymru
Early detection 🔍 is key to saving the lives of people at risk of lung cancer 🫁. A new screening program in Wales 🏴 is a vital step forward, but we must ensure it reaches everyone ⚖️.
August 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Early detection 🔍 is key to saving the lives of people at risk of lung cancer 🫁. A new screening program in Wales 🏴 is a vital step forward, but we must ensure it reaches everyone ⚖️.
📣 A landmark moment for Wales!
The Welsh Government has announced a national lung cancer screening programme, a huge step forward in the fight against Wales’ biggest cancer killer.
Screening saves lives. This decision will too.
📰 www.tenovuscancercare.org.uk/news-and-vie...
#WorldLungCancerDay
The Welsh Government has announced a national lung cancer screening programme, a huge step forward in the fight against Wales’ biggest cancer killer.
Screening saves lives. This decision will too.
📰 www.tenovuscancercare.org.uk/news-and-vie...
#WorldLungCancerDay
Wales Chooses to Turn the Tide Against Lung Cancer
www.tenovuscancercare.org.uk
August 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
📣 A landmark moment for Wales!
The Welsh Government has announced a national lung cancer screening programme, a huge step forward in the fight against Wales’ biggest cancer killer.
Screening saves lives. This decision will too.
📰 www.tenovuscancercare.org.uk/news-and-vie...
#WorldLungCancerDay
The Welsh Government has announced a national lung cancer screening programme, a huge step forward in the fight against Wales’ biggest cancer killer.
Screening saves lives. This decision will too.
📰 www.tenovuscancercare.org.uk/news-and-vie...
#WorldLungCancerDay
📢 Innovative thinking to tackle one of the less survivable cancers? We’re all for it.
We welcome today’s news that NHS England is trialing the ‘sponge-on-a-string’ test in pharmacies to help detect oesophageal cancer earlier, a step toward faster diagnosis!
We welcome today’s news that NHS England is trialing the ‘sponge-on-a-string’ test in pharmacies to help detect oesophageal cancer earlier, a step toward faster diagnosis!
July 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
📢 Innovative thinking to tackle one of the less survivable cancers? We’re all for it.
We welcome today’s news that NHS England is trialing the ‘sponge-on-a-string’ test in pharmacies to help detect oesophageal cancer earlier, a step toward faster diagnosis!
We welcome today’s news that NHS England is trialing the ‘sponge-on-a-string’ test in pharmacies to help detect oesophageal cancer earlier, a step toward faster diagnosis!