This year’s flu vaccination marketing campaign “Just the Flu”, launching in early October, will raise awareness of the seriousness and risks of flu and encourage those eligible for the free flu vaccination to get vaccinated. Record numbers offered flu vaccine as those with flu and COVID-19 more likely to die. New Public Health England research […]
I still hope for a cure for my cancer. I know it is unlikely, having had tumours identified in both lungs and my liver. No treatments that are currently available or in the pipeline offer a cure, only the possibility of keeping the tumours at bay for longer. Of course that is highly valuable in […]
Read More… from Paul Cosford – I still hope for a cure for my cancer
Professor Paul Cosford, medical director of Public Health England, continues his occasional series on his experience as a patient with cancer and describes his first meeting with his palliative care team. It is almost a year since I was told I have incurable lung cancer. Bad news, as a non-smoking 55 year old, but in […]
Read More… from Paul Cosford: Meeting my palliative care team