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March 14 is national Cancer Nurse Specialist Day – a day to celebrate and highlight the contribution of the specialist cancer nursing workforce.

NHS England is launching a new phase of the ‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign to encourage women living in England to attend their breast screening appointment when invited. Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in England and is the second highest cause of cancer deaths in women. Breast screening saves around 1,300 lives each year in the UK.

Screening for malignant melanoma using artificial intelligence, a digital cancer care platform to connect patients to their healthcare teams and an initiative to take mobile chemotherapy pumps out to children with cancer are amongst the innovative schemes benefiting from Cancer Alliance funding.

An initiative to increase cancer nurse specialist (CNS) roles in England was showcased by staff from West Yorkshire and Harrogate Cancer Alliance at a national cancer nursing conference this month.