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​Our fourth Big Cancer52 Conversation was held on 13th November in Canary Wharf, London, and brought together leaders from the charity, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors on the theme of tackling health inequalities, providing an opportunity share best practice, exchange ideas and explore collaborations to improve outcomes for people with rare and less common cancers.
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Cancer52 are grateful for funding by AstraZeneca and Gilead for this event. Our sponsors have had no influence over the event’s content. We are also appreciative of support from The National Lottery Community Fund, Level39 and Cancer Platform.
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Report
At the event we were delighted to launch Cancer52’s report on health inequalities 'A Fair Chance: reducing health inequalities for people with rare and less common cancers'
The report highlights the systematic yet avoidable differences in health and care. It calls for patient-focused action to ensure equitable access in rare and less common cancers, including improvements to health system data. Read Report.
Speaker & panellists
Our keynote speaker was Professor Bola Owolabi, Director of the National Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme for NHS England.
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We also had a fantastic panel chaired by Sonia Malik (Associate Director of Policy, Influencing & Voice, Young Lives vs Cancer) featuring Professor Francis Chinegwundoh MBE (Chair, Cancer Black Care), Ian Vousden (Director, Kent & Medway Cancer Alliance), Yvonne Adebola (Executive Group Member, use MY data, and expert by experience), Paul Budhan (Head of GI Oncology, AstraZeneca), and Darcy Bowman (Public Affairs Lead for Oncology and Haematology, Gilead Sciences UK and Ireland)
Member Case studies
We were delighted to hear from a range of case studies of projects to tackle health inequalities for rare and less common cancers, within our membership: OUTpatients, Team Margot, Young Lives vs Cancer, Wellbeing of Women (Health Collective), and WMUK.
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For full details, see Agenda.
If you have any questions about the Big Cancer52 Conversation, please contact cancer52events@Cancer52.org.uk.
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