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Response to the NICE Overweight and obesity management: Draft quality standards consultation
Maintaining a healthy weight can reduce the risk of 13 different types of cancer. NICE’s draft quality standards for overweight and obesity management describes key…

Yorkshire Cancer Research warns more must be done to tackle smoking
Further action is needed to stop people in Yorkshire needlessly dying from smoking, Yorkshire Cancer Research has warned.The charity has welcomed the recent passing…

No Smoking Day: In conversation with Tori, Stop Smoking Specialist
Nearly half a million people smoke in Yorkshire. Tobacco is the biggest cause of preventable cancer in the region and sadly, this means that around 60 people in…

Response to the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee’s ‘Under the Microscope’ Inquiry
The Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee recently launched a Parliamentary inquiry. This asked what the focus of the Select Committee should be…

Response to national consultation on HPV self-sampling tests
Yorkshire Cancer Research has responded to the UK National Screening Committee’s proposal to offer self-sampling for HPV testing, as part of the NHS Cervical…

Spending Review Representation 2025
Yorkshire Cancer Research has submitted its response to the Government’s Spending Review.Through the Spending Review, the Government sets out its spending plans for…

Statement on the National Cancer Plan call for evidence
Yorkshire Cancer Research is pleased to see the launch of a call for evidence on a National Cancer Plan, which will provide an important opportunity for…

Driving forward the medicine of exercise: How a partnership between Athens and Sheffield became a family adventure
These are the words of Athens medical doctor Eirini Kyriakoulakou, whose passion to bring the benefits of physical activity to people across the globe became a…

Evidence submission for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill
Yorkshire Cancer Research recently submitted evidence to Parliament on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Change NHS consultation response
Yorkshire Cancer Research recently submitted its organisational response to the Change NHS consultation.

Autumn Budget 2024: What does it mean for cancer in Yorkshire?
The new Labour government has delivered its first Budget in 14 years - a historic moment as it was the first ever Budget by a female Chancellor. Promising to “fix…
