UK Head and Neck Cancer Coalition
April is Oral Cancer Awareness Month and the coalition is launching its website and social media activity. NALC is a member of the coalition, whose members include patient groups, research charities and clinicians organisations such as BANHO, BAHNON and RCSLT. More information is available here
NALC Zoom Meeting
The next meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 28th at 12noon. The guest speaker will be Professor Martin Birchall of University College London and UCLH. Professor Birchall is a distinguished laryngologist and head and neck surgeon. He performed the first laryngeal transplant in California, in 2010. He has been a medical adviser a patron […]
Severn Healthcare Visit Chesterfield
Our October meeting saw a great turnout as we welcomed once again visitors from Severn Healthcare, Paula Barnes and Oliver Davies. They gave an update on the Severn range of prescription items including the latest base-plates. Much of the time was taken up with the experience of our members of hands-free speech devices. These represent […]
The Oldham Quiet Ones
Screening of the film Can You Hear My Voice In 2020, the film Can You Hear My Voice was premiered in London. It was directed by Bill Brummel, an American filmmaker who had a laryngectomy in 2016. It tells the story of the laryngectomy journey through the experiences of members of the Shout at Cancer […]
European Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week
The week September 19-23 sees head and neck groups across Europe organising events to raise awareness of the early signs of head and neck cancer. Early presentation and diagnosis greatly improve the chances of survival. Every year in the UK several hundred patients have a laryngectomy as their first treatment, and that may not have […]
UK Head and Neck Coalition
A new Head and Neck Cancer coalition has been established to help improve the care, experience and outcomes for everyone affected by head and neck cancer in the UK, now the sixth most common type of cancer. The coalition will be chaired by Oracle’s CEO Tamara Kahn and is joined by a team of Head […]
