Teenage Cancer Trust responds to Scottish Cancer Strategy ›
Thu 16 Sep '21
The new strategy commits to implement Teenage Cancer Trust’s ‘IAM’ (Integrated Assessment Mapping) tool across Scotland.
Boosters provide reassurance but eligible unvaccinated must play their part ›
Wed 15 Sep '21
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that booster vaccines should be offered to those more at risk from serious disease, and who were vaccinated during Phase 1 of the vaccine programme (priority groups 1 to 9). This includes all those aged 16 to 49 years with underlying health conditions that put them at higher risk of severe COVID-19 and adult household contacts of immunosuppressed individuals.
Reassurance for severely immunosuppressed as COVID-19 third dose offered ›
Wed 1 Sep '21
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has recommended that a third Covid-19 vaccine dose should be offered to people over 12 who are severely immunosuppressed – including some people with cancer.
Teens and young adults ‘feel abandoned’ by friends during cancer treatment ›
Fri 30 Jul '21
New research* from charity Teenage Cancer Trust has revealed that during treatment for cancer three quarters of young people found their friendships changed – with more than half (55%) finding friends stopped contacting them as much, and over a third (40%) finding some stopped contacting them completely.
Inadequate specialist mental health support risks derailing young cancer patients’ lives, say experts ›
Thu 17 Jun '21
Young people with cancer are unable to access specialist mental health support in parts of the UK, which is putting them at risk of life-long trauma that urgently needs to be addressed, the UK’s leading teen cancer charity has found.
Tracy Webb appointed as Director of Services & Impact ›
Thu 22 Apr '21
Tracy Webb will be joining Teenage Cancer Trust as its Director of Services & Impact, it was announced today.
Three cancer charities form partnership to better support young people with cancer amid pandemic pressures ›
Thu 11 Feb '21
Three leading cancer charities have formed a partnership to better support children and young people affected by cancer. CLIC Sargent, Teenage Cancer Trust and the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust are collaborating to make sure young cancer patients get the support they need during the Coronavirus pandemic and beyond.
No young cancer patient should face treatment alone, say cancer charities ›
Wed 10 Feb '21
Teenage Cancer Trust and CLIC Sargent urge the Government to ensure all young people have a ‘Hand2Hold’ during treatment and beyond
TRHs Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie join their mother Sarah, Duchess of York, at emotional virtual event celebrating 30 years of charity Teenage Cancer Trust ›
Fri 18 Dec '20
Their Royal Highnesses Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie joined their mother Sarah, Duchess of York, at an emotional virtual event celebrating 30 years of charity Teenage Cancer Trust earlier this month, with moving footage now released.
Arts playing pivotal role in getting Bristol’s young cancer patients through lockdown ›
Fri 27 Nov '20
Young cancer patients in Bristol have been using movie re-enactments and poetry to escape the challenging reality of their cancer treatment during lockdown.