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The first in our series of virtual information events for parents and carers of a child with a brain tumour.

Last Friday (27th July), the findings of the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey 2017 (NCPES) were published.

The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill has just passed its third reading in the House of Lords and is expected to come into force in April 2020.

Helena Brown, our Policy & Public Affairs Assistant, outlines the current postcode disparity in patient experience

Keilan Arblaster, our Policy Involvement Assistant, outlines the implications of this bill for our community

Kielan Arblastar, our Policy & Affairs Assistant, discusses the implications of the US Government’s Right to Try bill

We have joined forces with other leading charities to form The Children and Young People Cancer Coalition and highlight areas where we believe progress is needed.

Grace Latter writes about the Young Ambassadors raising issues at Parliament on Tuesday

Grace Latter writes about the Young Ambassadors raising issues at Parliament on Tuesday

Our Policy & Public affairs Manager Cameron Miller, outlines the progress made

Our Policy & Public Affairs Manager Cameron Miller, reflects of Tessa Jowell’s moving House of Lords debate today

Our Policy & Public Affairs Manager Cameron Miller outlines why 2017 was a fantastic year for the Policy Team at The Brain Tumour Charity

Yesterday, along with partners of the Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce, we met with Government Minister Steve Brine, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health)

On Thursday Alexander Stewart MSP led a debate in the Scottish Parliament on Brain Tumour Awareness in Scotland, as several MSPs expressed their support for action to raise greater awareness of the disease

Our Policy & Public Affairs Manager Cameron Miller, outlines tomorrow’s MSP debate in the Scottish Parliament

This week our Chief Scientific Officer, Dr David Jenkinson, is speaking at a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on brain tumours about what risks Brexit poses

Are they good for raising awareness or should the bubble burst? Our senior media & PR Officer Carol Dyce examines

Our Policy & Public Affairs Manager, Cameron Miller, on Australia’s Cure Brain Cancer AU$100m investment fund

Our Policy & Public Affairs Manager Cameron Miller, reports from the Conservative Party Conference.

We believe brain tumour patients need a ‘global Britain’ after Brexit. The UK Government has published an important paper outlining its current position on scientific cooperation for when the UK leaves the European Union

Yesterday the UK Government published the recommendations of an independent review of the UK Life Sciences industry

The Brain Tumour Charity CEO, Sarah Lindsell, has co-signed a letter to NHS organisations urging them to meet their one-year survival targets for the early diagnosis of brain tumours.

From establishing a new cancer taskforce to ensuring benefits reviews take brain tumour patients into account, read our roundup of key activities from the past few weeks.

Last year, Greater Manchester became the first English region to gain control of health spending. Read our view on the impact this has had on charities.