The Greater Manchester Cancer Podcast

This is a special episode of the GM Cancer podcast, celebrating the role of Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) working in cancer care. AHPs are the third largest professional group within the NHS workforce made up of 14 diverse roles, including Occupational Therapists, Therapeutic Radiographers and Speech and Language Therapists. In this episode, host Steve Bland and guests explore the journey int...

In Greater Manchester, we have a large programme of work looking at all aspects of personalised care, and this new series of the GM Cancer Podcast will look at some of the specific areas that we’re working on.  This episode looks at social prescribing. Social prescribing is help that doesn’t come in a pill, tube or bottle! Instead, it connects people to activities, groups and services in their com...

Personalised care is fundamental to delivering better quality care that is meaningful to the individual, supporting improvements in health and wellbeing. This will also help to empower people to manage their care and the impact of their cancer. Everyone is different and will have different concerns when they are diagnosed with cancer; therefore we need to ensure that patients are treated as people...

Personalised care is fundamental to delivering better quality care that is meaningful to the individual, supporting improvements in health and wellbeing. This will also help to empower people to manage their care and the impact of their cancer. Everyone is different and will have different concerns when they are diagnosed with cancer; therefore we need to ensure that patients are treated as people...

Personalised care is fundamental to delivering better quality care that is meaningful to the individual, supporting improvements in health and wellbeing. This will also help to empower people to manage their care and the impact of their cancer. Everyone is different and will have different concerns when they are diagnosed with cancer; therefore we need to ensure that patients are treated as people...

Personalised care is fundamental to delivering better quality care that is meaningful to the individual, supporting improvements in health and wellbeing. This will also help to empower people to manage their care and the impact of their cancer. Everyone is different and will have different concerns when they are diagnosed with cancer; therefore we need to ensure that patients are treated as people...

In the latest episode in our series looking at cancer in the news, host Steve Bland and Susi Penney, the Associate Medical Director at GM Cancer and a consultant head and neck surgeon at MFT, cast their eyes over the stories making the headlines in March/April 2024. Once again there's plenty to discuss, with the death of campaigner and Coppafeel founder Kris Hallenga , the call from CRUK and the f...

Personalised care is fundamental to delivering better quality care that is meaningful to the individual, supporting improvements in health and wellbeing. This will also help to empower people to manage their care and the impact of their cancer. Everyone is different and will have different concerns when they are diagnosed with cancer; therefore we need to ensure that patients are treated as people...

In the first of a new monthly series looking at cancer in the news, host Steve Bland and Professor Matt Evison, the Associate Medical Director at GM Cancer, cast their eyes over the stories making the headlines in the first two months of 2024. And it's been a busy one, with the news of the King's diagnosis, Olympian Chris Foy reluctantly revealing he had been receiving treatment, the death of tv c...

In the fourth episode of a series dedicated to exploring the health inequalities that exist in our cancer system in Greater Manchester, host Steve Bland and guests discuss how deprivation impacts cancer outcomes in the region, explore the issues around deprivation and health and ask, why does deprivation play such a big role in creating health inequalities? Steve's guests in this episode are: Gemm...

In the third episode of a series dedicated to exploring the health inequalities that exist in our cancer system in Greater Manchester, host Steve Bland and guests discuss inequalities that impact people with learning disabilities. Steve heads back to People First in Tameside to chat to Jenny Jones and Carol Lonergan from the Penine Bowel Screening Service , and Leanne , who uses the support offere...

In the second episode of a series dedicated to exploring the health inequalities that exist in our cancer system in Greater Manchester, host Steve Bland and guests discuss inequalities that impact screening, especially bowel cancer screening and ask; Where are we seeing inequalities? Which groups of people are struggling to complete screening tests? And what are we doing to tackle the inequalities...

In the first episode of a new series dedicated to exploring the health inequalities that exist in the cancer system in Greater Manchester, host Steve Bland chats to: Professor Matt Evison - Associate Director at the GM Cancer Alliance  Dr Alison Pye - Consultant in Public Health Farida Anderson - patient rep on the health inequalities board  Steve and guests explore questions like what are health...

This episode is number four in a series of four episodes looking at work going on in Greater Manchester, specifically to support and develop the cancer workforce.  In this episode we take a look at two new roles - Cancer Care Co-ordinators and Physician Associates. Steve and guests discuss how these roles are changing the way we work by spanning boundaries, filling gaps and helping to ensure we're...

This episode is number three in a series of four episodes looking at work going on in Greater Manchester, specifically to support and develop the cancer workforce.  People are the most important resource in healthcare, and in this episode we take an in depth look at the Greater Manchester Cancer Academy, exploring what's happening to foster a culture of continuous development and lifelong learning...

This is the second in a series of four episodes looking at work going on in Greater Manchester specifically to support and develop the cancer workforce.  In this episode host Steve Bland and guests are talking about cancer clinical nurse specialists. Steve is joined by: Hayley Turner - CNS Lynsey Turner - aspiring CNS Caroline Mattinson - bowel cancer patient Claire Clarkson – GM Cancer Project Ma...

This episode is the first in a series of four episodes looking at work going on in Greater Manchester, specifically to support and develop the cancer workforce.  Future episodes will take an in depth look at some of the roles within cancer care, both new and existing, as well as how we’re developing a culture of lifelong learning to help everyone reach their full potential and deliver amazing care...

Cancer is almost always more treatable when it’s found early, and the NHS Long Term Plan is aiming to achieve the diagnosis of 75% of all cancers at stage 1 or 2, by 2028. Here in Greater Manchester work is already well underway to get us towards this target. In this episode presenter Steve Bland explores what we’re doing to hit that target with Dr Sarah Taylor, Primary Care Lead for GM + Clinical...

In this episode Steve explores how lung cancer affects people in Greater Manchester, finds out why the region is impacted far more than other parts of the country AND gets the lowdown on two brand new projects designed to give patients better outcomes and better experiences. The first, a chest x-ray pilot, is all about diagnosing the cancer earlier, while the second is a new one stop clinic for lu...

In the second of two special episodes to mark World Cancer Day 2022, Steve Bland looks ahead to the next 12 months in Greater Manchester and explores the ground-breaking projects designed to transform patient pathways, in the company of Lisa Galligan-Dawson, Performance Director at GM Cancer. Steve also speaks to Kirsty Rowlinson-Groves from Prehab4Cancer to find out what drives her to make a diff...

In the first of two special episodes to mark World Cancer Day 2022, Steve Bland looks ahead to the next 12 months in cancer research with Professor Rob Bristow, the director of the Manchester Cancer Research Centre. Listen to find out what's coming up in Greater Manchester and across the world, and why the 'Close the Care Gap' theme is especially important. For more information about GM Cancer cli...

In a special Christmas episode, we turn the podcast over to you to find out what drives you to make a difference every day. Presenter Steve Bland speaks to four people doing very different jobs across Greater Manchester and explores the personal experiences that give them extra motivation to make an impact. Claire Goldrick tells Steve about her best friend Amy, and how that impacts her role as a P...

In episode three, Steve Bland reflects on the study published in the Lancet that found that the HPV vaccine has cut cases of cervical cancer by almost 90 per cent ( HPV vaccine cutting cervical cancer by nearly 90% - BBC News ). But it's not just cervical cancer that's caused by HPV. In fact. many head and neck cancers are also related to the virus. Steve speaks to Navin Mani, a consultant head an...

In episode two, Steve Bland explores the exciting new Galleri Trial announced by NHS England and healthcare company GRAIL UK, which could see a single blood test used to spot the early signs of 50 cancers, including some of the most difficult to diagnose and detect. The trial is being rolled out in eight parts of the country, and one of those is right here in Greater Manchester. Steve gets the low...

Presenter Steve Bland finds out how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected cancer services in Greater Manchester by chatting to Professor David Shackley, the Medical Director at GM Cancer, Kirsty Rowlinson-Groves, from the Prehab4Cancer Programme Manchester, and patient Charmaine Sangster who was diagnosed with thyroid cancer during the first lockdown. For more information about GM Cancer click here ....