Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation invites you to City Hall on Monday 25 November to discuss the role of lung cancer screening in saving the lives of your employees and their families.
LOCATION: Belfast City Hall
DATE: Monday 25th November
TIME: 11am – 1pm.
Lung cancer is the UK’s biggest cancer killer, taking more lives than breast, prostate and pancreatic cancers combined. Currently over three quarters of people with lung cancer are diagnosed with late-stage disease, denying them the chance of life-saving treatment.
But it doesn’t have to be this way…
Pilot screening programmes for lung cancer have been successfully operating across England for many years, with 75% of those diagnosed caught at an early stage when lung cancer can be cured. Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation wants the people of Northern Ireland to have the same life-saving opportunity.
Supported by Cathy Brokenshire, wife of the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, James Brokenshire, who sadly died of the disease in 2021 and Cancer Focus Northern Ireland, this drop in event marks the start of a collaboration to secure the implementation of lung cancer screening in the country as well as provide information about the charity, the support available and future partnerships.
Attendees are welcome to drop in from 11am, with the session running until 1pm. Guests speakers, including charity chief executive Paula Chadwick and Cathy Brokenshire, wife of the former Northern Ireland secretary, James Brokenshire will address attendees around 11.30am. Light refreshments will be available.
About Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation is the leading UK lung cancer charity dedicated to helping everyone affected by the disease.
Since the charity was founded in 1990, its mission was clear: to improve the lives of people with lung cancer – and lung cancer alone. This means lung cancer is at the heart of everything the charity does. It is the focus of every research project it funds, every person it supports, every life it saves.
From funding over £30 million into research to employing the first ever lung cancer nurse specialist, successfully campaigning for the smoking ban in public places and now, the implementation of a national screening programme for lung cancer, the charity continues to devote every day to improving the lives of people living with the disease so, one day, we will live in a world where no one dies of lung cancer.