The Prime Minister UK Prime Minister said today "We were making very good progress before industrial action" Waiting lists are a #PoliticalCHOICE RT if you think this 👇was NOT "good progress" before IA & govmnt needs to change course #PayRestoration bbc.co.uk/news/health-66…

We are currently in a climate, nature and health crisis and need to speed up, not slow down action to protect nature, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and protect health. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Providing immediate smoking cessation support as part of Targeted Lung Health Checks for lung cancer increases long term, biochemically confirmed smoking abstinence. thorax.bmj.com/content/early/… ThoraxBMJ NHLI British Thoracic Society (BTS)

The mind boggles at the words King Charles was forced to read out in #KingsSpeech today. "This Bill will support the future licensing of new oil & gas fields, helping the country to transition to net zero by 2050" - what?? Time to end this governing by gimmick once & for all.

🟡 Recruiting now – PREDICT-Meso PPI Group People affected my mesothelioma to join a new PPI group to advise on all stages of mesothelioma research. Message us or visit: researchforthefuture.org/studies/predic…

Save the date! The Greater Manchester Cancer Conference is back, with the theme of “Empowerment in Practice: Communities, Professionals and Researchers”. 14th – 15th May 2024. Tickets will be released in the new year – check bit.ly/GMCC2024 for more info. #GMCC24

1/ Very concerned about comments on waiting lists from Rishi Sunak yesterday to @BrineMP to Liaison Committee A number of factual errors need correcting IMHO .....

The NHS is offering free lung health checks in #Hindley #Wigan for anyone who’s ever smoked aged 55-74 years. The check helps to find lung cancers at an early stage before you may have symptoms. Look out for an invite in the post. See mft.nhs.uk/lunghealthcheck #GMLungHealthCheck

World will look back at 2023 as year humanity exposed its inability to tackle climate crisis. If we continue along the current path, 2023 [the worst extreme year ever] will first be accepted as a new normal, then looked back upon as a gentle and cool year theguardian.com/environment/20…

Thank you Keir Starmer The Labour Party for supporting #lesssurvivablecancer awareness day. We must close the #deadlycancergap

“The British Government aims to crush political opposition to its environmental destruction through a violent programme of repression - imprisoning peaceful demonstrators and undermining the right to a fair trial” theguardian.com/environment/20…

In this article, Dr Stephen Bradley shares with us the challenges of diagnosing lung cancer and how chest x-rays and CT scans offer potential benefits. He also discusses the role of primary care in the national lung cancer screening programme. Read more: tinyurl.com/4286yvt9

Politicians need to have a frank discussion now with the public about what General Practice can do. 1.9% uplift when income is dropping already will mean service delivery needs to be cut. (Yes this is deluded tweet !) Those manifestos this year will be works of fiction

Congratulations Cordelle Ofori ! I hope our professional paths will cross. #lungcancerscreening #tobaccoaddiction

🚨 An important message from Chairman Professor Chris Brookes regarding the importance of health checks in diagnosing cancer at an early stage. #WWRL

Dr Rehan Naseer speaks about the NHS-Galleri trial and how participants will be invited to book their last trial appointment. If you missed your appointment last year, you can still attend this year. #GMNHSGalleri youtu.be/8QMDo9Fvylk?si…

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Evaluation of a hospital-initiated tobacco dependence treatment service: uptake, smoking cessation, readmission and mortality. Link to article -> rdcu.be/dFrjN NHS England BMC Medicine Hassan Mir

After the success of March's sold out event, our Immuno-Oncology team are very excited to announce the next Immuno-Oncology Study Day will be held on Friday 5th July 2024 at the stunning Hope Street Hotel! Spaces are limited. Secure yours now 👉 orlo.uk/MYnCt

The Greater Manchester Targeted Lung Health Check Programme is shortlisted for our ‘Greater Manchester Collaboration’ Award MFT NHS Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance. The programme delivers a high quality and nationally leading lung cancer screening service. #GMCancerAwards24

T&G Integrated Care Tameside & Glossop ICFT Cancer Services Alicia Conway CRUK National Biomarker Centre The University of Manchester The Christie NHS Vocal @HMHCmcr LGBT Foundation NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre Greater Manchester Cancer Academy Manchester Cancer Research Centre MFT NHS Stockport Council Congratulations to Greater Manchester Targeted Lung Health Check programme for winning our ‘Patients’ Choice’ Award. This award is decided by our PPIE Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance Patient and Carer reps. 👏 #GMLungHealthCheck #GMCancerAwards24